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side hooks, the lure darting from side to side in 

 wide circles, and yet it was just that motion a three- 

 pound large-mouth found irresistible. "Happened 

 so?" Wait. I could not catch fish when I used the 

 lure as the inventor planned it should be employed, 

 but with the leader attached to one of the side hooks, 

 I caught three bass. I give the reader the incident 

 for what it is worth. My explanation at the time 

 was that the bass were "lazy," and the slow-moving 

 lure to reel rapidly was to pull the plug out of the 

 water appealed to them; and then, the motion was 

 "different." 



I have already mentioned the metal attachments 

 collars, shovels, wings, etc., which are fastened to 

 the lures to compel them to sound the depths. There 

 is no doubt that the glittering of the metal also at- 

 tracts the bass's attention, so serves a double pur- 

 pose. As already remarked, so many of these vari- 

 ous features are combined in a single lure that it is 

 exceedingly difficult to write of a single attachment, 

 or method of submerging separately. In some sur- 

 face-underwaters, these metal disks or guides are 

 attached in such a way as to resemble fins when the 

 lure is drawn through the water. Undoubtedly we 

 have not seen the end of the production of metal 

 guides, instead, are only at the beginning. As one 

 sits before a well supplied cabinet of lures he can 

 not help being impressed by the infinite possibilities 

 of the surface-underwater forms. I sometimes 



