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shore fisherman has is leisure, opportunity to study 

 and fish each individual hole. As in all angling, I 

 advise the reader not to attempt to cover too much 

 ground. 



Kipling's "Raw, right-angled log jam," the piled 

 up refuse of many a spring-time flood, offers possi- 

 bilities. (I think I put that well, "offers possibili- 

 ties!") To fish out such a spot demands casting 

 room, patience and skill. There is no question of up 

 or down stream here, it must be down. The cast 

 should be well above so that the lure will have time 

 to settle or be drawn into the water before the cur- 

 rent sweeps it down against the debris. The angler 

 must be on the job. He can not admire Nature 

 while casting. The lure must be under absolute con- 

 trol or it will be thrust hard and fast against some 

 underwater log or projecting timber. Always the 

 bass are in such piled up debris, loving the shady 

 depths as well as the lazy feeding offered by the 

 current. If the fish do not respond to the under- 

 water enticement, fish out every foot of the surface 

 reachable with some dependable surface lure, like 

 the "Coaxer" for instance. Do not be in a hurry. 

 Sit down and rest between whiles. Do not give up. 

 The secret of success in angling is always to believe 

 that there is a fish under every snag, in every pool. 



In other chapters I have already mentioned the 

 undermined stump, those projecting roots always 

 seem to have a special attraction for the bass. A 



