38 FISHERMAN'S LURES 



VARIOUS CATERPILLARS 



Myriads of these creepers of every conceivable 

 size and color drop into the water from overhang- 

 ing boughs of trees and bushes, or are washed 

 away from the sides by floods throughout the 

 season, and kick and float along the surface until 

 devoured by the fish. For centuries the caterpillar 

 has been considered a most excellent Jive bait for 

 nearly all game-fish, and artificial imitations have 

 been made in numerous ways, mostly in different 

 colored hackles. I have made them with three 

 small hooks, arranged along the bushy hackle 

 bodies in black, gray, and brown. I have also 

 made them on a small Pennell turn-down eye 

 No. 8 long shank hook in the same colors on cork 

 bodies, so that they cannot sink. At certain times 

 and places these hairy caterpillars are exceedingly 

 attractive to brook as well as brown trout. They 

 can also be used to capture perch, bass, chub, and 

 pickerel. 



DRAGON-FLIES AND DARNING-NEEDLES 



Many anglers of the Middle West and Southern 

 waters claim that the medium-size dragon-fly and 

 the small darning-needle are both excellent natural 



