NEW LURES THAT ARE TRUE TO LIFE 



fish grabbed it, and looked more natural as a min- 

 now, I was forced to place the double hook under- 

 neath to get the upright attitude while moving in 

 the water. 



The upper back and head are colored in alternate 

 stripes of black, green, and brown. The tail, made 

 of the feather tip of turkey's tail, is of bright, metal- 

 lic luster, edged in white. Graduating from the 

 back along the sides are two stripes of green and 

 blue which fade into a perfectly white belly. The 

 whole is wound in silver to imitate the shiny scales. 

 This larger size minnow is weighted to fish sunk in 

 deep water, though not too heavy to be cast with a 

 fly-rod. 



The smaller size minnow, No. 2, is like No. 1 in 

 color; but the body, being made of cork, is some- 

 what wide at the shoulders. The bodies, well 

 padded to stand being chewed by the fish, are made 

 of colored wool and mohair. A feature of great 

 value in this minnow is that, while solid enough, it 

 is sufficiently soft for the teeth of the bass to pre- 

 vent his being scared as he would be on such a hard 

 substance as wood or metal, which is the chief ob- 

 jection to be found in those lures. 



No. 3 feather minnow is smaller and is light 

 enough to be cast like a fly and reeled in like a min- 

 now. You can swim it near the surface in shallow 

 water. You can cast it down a swift runway and 

 swim it back to any depth, according to the speed 



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