XIV 

 NEW LURES THAT ARE TRUE TO LIFE 



It was originally intended to issue trout-stream 

 insects in book form a year ago, but the articles con- 

 tributed to Forest and Stream on nature lures re- 

 ceived such a wide and cordial approval from a large 

 number of anglers all over the United States and 

 Canada that it was thought wise to incorporate the 

 two subjects in one volume, especially as many an- 

 glers practise both lure and fly fishing. Indeed, 

 the writer's desire is to induce anglers to fish with 

 a sane lure as they would a fly, in order to raise 

 that method of fishing to a higher plane. 



To that end, a systematic study was begun of 

 what game fish consume as food, and careful pic- 

 tures were made in colors of the living creatures. 

 The next step was to invent and construct the best 

 possible imitations of them with the limited ma- 

 terials at command, so that they might supersede 

 all others heretofore done. The following list is 



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