NATURE LURES FOR SUMMER FISHING 



yellow. This feature forms an entirely new idea 

 in artificial lures. However tranquil the water may 

 be, these fins have a gentle waving motion that is 

 very lifelike and attractive. This is a large min- 

 now, and, as with Xo. 3, it will be found equally 

 killing for big brown and other trout, bass, pike, and 

 salmon. 



Xo. 2 imitates a small red-sided minnow familiar 

 to fishermen as the red stickleback. It has a white 

 belly, red sides, and green back. It has killed, and 

 is highly suitable for, good-sized brook trout and 

 rainbows. 



Xo. 3 is similar in size and shape to Xo. 1, and is 

 a copy of the redfin minnow. The belly is shining 

 gold tinsel, the quivering fins are red and black, and 

 the back is of the same color, with a stripe of pale 

 orange and green running along the sides. 



Xo. 4 is a very small minnow with white belly and 

 olive back, and is intended to represent the young 

 of various species of larger fish. 



Xo. 5 is a dragon-fly, with a solid body of cork re- 

 enforced with strong silver wire and wound tightly 

 with green raffia. The wings are feathers of snipe. 

 The exceeding lightness in weight makes it possible 

 to cast like the usual large-sized fly. 



Xo. 6 is the June green grasshopper, made of 

 solid cork wound in vivid green raffia. It floats 

 upright, and the quivering back wings of red cock's 

 hackle make it a choice irresistible lure. 



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