NEW ARTIFICIAL NATURE LURES 



notice of what the inventor has to say concerning 

 the lures. 



I must here call attention to the fact that the 

 greater effectiveness of live bait (especially with 

 bass) is in its continuous movement in the water. 

 True, we see at times a minnow, frog, or crab lying 

 perfectly motionless; but they dart off with con- 

 siderable activity the moment they perceive a bass 

 within their vision — a matter of self-preservation. 



The same thing applies to imitation nature baits 

 or lures — they must be made to act alive by the in- 

 genious manipulation of the angler's rod- tip. This 

 essential part of the method soon becomes mechan- 

 ical, and the more you are expert in this practise, 

 the sooner it takes the form of a greater delight in 

 the game: viz., to make a lifeless object a living 

 thing. No one can question that these lures are 

 accurate imitations in form and color of live baits ; 

 and it rests with the angler to do his part in giving 

 life movement to them. Every angler, if he tries 

 hard enough, can make fish believe they take live 

 bait. 



It is astonishing how much can be done with a 

 trout rod-tip in the manipulation of a lure or fly in 

 imitating true to life the action of fish food. This 

 is seen to perfection in dry-fishing — so far, the 

 most perfectly artistic method in all fishing; and 

 the very essence of it all is the perfection of the rod- 



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