x FOREWORD 



These chapters appeared in their original form in 

 Outdoor Life, though readers of that magazine will 

 not recognize them in their new dress, so changed 

 and elaborated are they. All have been re-written, 

 some changed entirely to meet modern discoveries. 

 Always I have worked with the needs of anglers in 

 mind, needs that have been made manifest to me 

 through extended and wide correspondence. Last 

 year I answered questions from no less than 600 bass 

 fans throughout the United States and Canada. So 

 the reader can see that while I have compiled the 

 book, as it were, it is the many eager questioners 

 who have actually written it. So it is proper that I 

 dedicate it to them, not forgetting to thank the Edi- 

 tor of Outdoor Life for the privilege of publication 

 in book form. 



It has taken more than a year to prepare these 

 chapters and illustrations. Day by day I have en- 

 tered my study before breakfast, religiously prepar- 

 ing two pages of manuscript before partaking of 

 the morning meal, so stealing from the day the nec- 

 essary time for the work. And the work has been a 

 great pleasure. Were it not for the fact that I have 

 another book in mind, which I shall prepare in the 

 same manner, I would feel lost. I am almost sorry 

 the work is finished, I have enjoyed it so much. It 

 truly has been my recreation. I would like to write 

 it over once more, but that may not be. My dearest 

 wish as I send it out into the world of angling liter- 



