NEW ARTIFICIAL NATURE LURES 



cock's hackles ; and the tail is made of turkey's tail 

 feather cut to shape. 



From the illustration, anglers can judge only the 

 form of this minnow; it is impossible to describe its 

 beauty of color and truth to nature. The parts are 

 so constructed and put together as to make the 

 minnow swim upright, and glide through the water 

 when trolled, exactly as if it were living bait; in 

 addition, it has a buoyancy to float naturally where- 

 ever the sinker takes it, instead of dropping to lie 

 lifeless at the bottom. 



Every one of my baits heretofore has been made 

 specially for "casting" — either at the surface or 

 sunk — by a certain method to attain the best re- 

 sults. With this lure it has been found necessary 

 to conform to the varied methods now in use in 

 different localities for deep water trolling. A 

 short description of these methods, accompanied by 

 diagrams, may be useful to show how the minnow 

 is attached to the line and the best way to capture 

 these large game fishes. 



VARIOUS METHODS OF TROLLING FOR LAKE TROUT 



Spinning and trolling are carried on chiefly in 

 large lakes where trout do not rise to the fly. The 

 lake trout come to the surface very early in the 

 spring, immediately after the ice melts; and the 

 angler trolls for them on or near the top of the 



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