XVII 



ARTIFICIAL FROGS THAT WIGGLE THEIR 

 LEGS AND FLOAT 



For years I have vainly tried to get a fish strike 

 on the various imitation lures, most of them made 

 of rubber. Thej T are not only miserably poor 

 copies of nature, but, from their weight and clumsi- 

 ness, they act in the water as dead, inanimate things. 

 No matter how skilfully they be played, trout and 

 bass take not the slightest notice of them. I would 

 as soon fish with a "tooth brush" at the end of my 

 leader; there would be more chances of a strike. 

 Most expert anglers will surely agree with me in 

 this after one trial of them. Particularly so of the 

 painted rubber frogs, grasshoppers, worms, and 

 other imitations intended to replace live bait. 



This does not refer to "plug lures," which are 

 not, I believe, intended to imitate any living thing. 



To the end that something may be available for 

 anglers without their having to use live bait (so 

 hard to get, so hard to keep fit for use) I have spent 



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