NEW ARTIFICIAL NATURE LURES 



all things considered. When that fortunate time 

 arrives, game fish foods of all kinds will increase 

 more rapidly, being left at peace to serve their pur- 

 pose (as nature intended) of making game fishes 

 more abundant and of greater size as time goes on. 

 Whenever food is plentiful, game fish thrive and 

 grow big. 



I shall describe the nature crawfish first, for it is 

 equally as good an imitation of the natural bait as 

 the frog, if not an even better one. Also it is uni- 

 versally conceded to be the top-notch bass enticer. 



Every intelligent bass fisherman knows that bass 

 always swallow crawfish tail first, for the obvious 

 reason that the claws fold together over the head 

 as they slide down, and not spread out; otherwise 

 the foolish bass would find Mr. Crawfish playfully 

 pinching delicate parts of his gullet on the way 

 down. For that very reason crawfish ought to be 

 hooked (but never are) by inserting the hook point 

 up through the belly, coming out at the back, half 

 an inch below the eyes. Such a method immedi- 

 ately kills the crawfish, and that is the why most 

 anglers, including myself, hook crawfish by the tail. 

 In this manner, fish have much less chance to gorge 

 the bait without getting entangled on the leader, es- 

 pecially if the hook is larger than the bait. 



After many trials and a careful study as how best 

 to place the hook to hold fast immediately bass 

 strike at the crawfish's tail, I decided that the most 



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