138 FISHERMAN'S LURES 



No. 1 Brown. Neversink has brown-speckled wings, brown- 

 speckled hackle and tail whisks, with gold body. 

 No. 2 Black. Willowemoc has black wings, black hackle, 



bend and tail whisks, with gold body. 

 No. 3 Red. Esopus has rich brown-speckled wings, orange 



hackle, red head, gold body, tail whisks, red 



golden pheasant. 

 No. 4 Dark gray. Beaverkill has dark olive-slate-colored 



wings, gray hackle, black head, silver body, 



black tail whisks. 

 No. 5 White. Battenkill has white wings, gray-speckled 



hackle, black head, silver body, gray-speckled 



tail whisks. 

 No. 6 Light gray. Mongaup; gray-speckled' wings, green 



head, white hackle, silver body, gray-speckled tail 



whisks. 



This set is used in regular fly -casting method, 

 both dry and wet. I have found one fly effective, 

 but three can be used on the same cast for trout, 

 if desired. For bass fishing one fly is enough, and 

 the choice entirely depends upon weather and 

 water. 



This set of six fly minnows was originally made 

 only on one size hook No. 10 but later quite a 

 number of anglers requested a larger fly and hook 

 on all six patterns for use in bass fishing, so that 

 I have had a quantity tied on No. 6 hook with 

 wings much larger in size. If bass can be persuaded 

 to rise to any fly, they will surely take these, when 



