NEW ARTIFICIAL NATURE LURES 



trout may be caught in any of the thousands of 

 big lakes through the Northwestern Hemisphere. 

 The Pacific salmon does not take the fly; but mag- 

 nificent fishing may be had in the salt water of 

 Monterey, Santa Cruz, and Carmel Bays, where 

 the method is to troll in thirty feet of water with 

 smelt bait, of which this minnow is an excellent 

 imitation. Fish of fifty pounds' weight are fre- 

 quently caught; and their game qualities are equal 

 to the salmon of Eastern waters. The mascalonge 

 is well distributed throughout the Middle West and 

 Canada, and is a worthy brother to the salmon. 



If anglers will give these nature lures only half 

 the effort they expend on live baits, they will en- 

 joy sport enough to please the most fastidious. A 

 small amount of good judgment as to where to get 

 fish, how to get them, when to get them, and with 

 what to get them, is certain to succeed. These 

 lures will be found even better than live bait — 

 certainly better than artificial lures heretofore 

 tried. 



There is no need for this big minnow to be 

 made to revolve or spin. It glides along, or can 

 be made to dart suddenly, just as the living shiner 

 or smelt would do in its natural habitat. 



To repeat what has been stated before: "Make 

 a lifeless object a living thing: make the bait act 

 alive by the ingenious manipulation of your line." 

 If you are familiar with deep-water fishing, you 



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