104 CASTING TACKLE AND METHODS 



tion. In form I prefer those with a band or metal 

 ring at the head, thinking that it adds attractivity 

 as well as erratic movement. 



A great many of the modern surface lures are so 

 arranged that they may be changed to under-waters 

 by simply shifting a weight, changing a metal guide, 

 or the point of line attachment. Indeed, few abso- 

 lutely surface lures are being produced today; the 

 general purpose lure has arrived. So to illustrate 

 this paragraph I have selected a few lures from my 

 collection which are absolutely surface lures, can 

 not be changed to underwaters or semi-underwaters, 

 are built as surface attractors. I have found these 

 lures good alike upon lake and stream and under 

 varying conditions of weather and water. When the 

 bass are feeding upon the surface these lures will 

 prove effective, as will many another in my collec- 

 tion. The surface lure is for surface fishing, so 

 do not think they are unattractive when the fish 

 are feeding deep and therefore do not win strikes. 

 Use the lure the fish wants, not the one you want 

 him to want. Many fellows write me that they 

 have "thought up" something new in the way of, 

 a lure, but nine times out of ten I find that they 

 have been working along preconceived lines re- 

 garding what bass ought to want, not what they 

 actually do desire. There is still room for lures, 

 especially of the surface type. 



