NEW ARTIFICIAL NATURE LURES 



considerable time in study and experiments to get 

 at just the perfect nature lure that will appear and 

 act as enticing as the natural food does to bass, 

 trout, and other game fishes. 



A thoroughly good and useful article is not usu- 

 ally dreamed of over night, and completed the fol- 

 lowing day. I made twenty-three different models 

 of this jumping, floating frog, before I reached the 

 desired result. Many hoped-for improvements 

 were discarded because of some undesirable feature. 

 These frogs and other lures are the result of con- 

 tinuous effort in practical trials and experiments in 

 order to gain three important points heretofore not 

 accomplished and demonstrate their superior value 

 as lures. 



First: They must be light enough in weight to 

 cast with a fly-rod, and to float upright and nat- 

 urally in quiet or turbulent water, yet strong enough 

 to be chewed and yet not destroyed. 



Second : They must be soft to the touch, with' 

 out scaring the fish. 



Third: They must have perfection in form and 

 color, combined with a natural action similar to live 

 bait when floating in the water. 



For these and other reasons, I determined to get 

 for my own use and satisfaction, and to give the 

 true angling sportsman, a lure to lure and not to 

 scare. Of this I am convinced: if the present style 

 of bass lures continues to develop, in a few years' 



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