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is something struggling in the water, it is trying to 

 escape me, it must be good to eat, I'll grab it." And 

 like the man who rushes into matrimonial bliss, he 

 is hooked, then repents. I want a little color on 

 my night lures, a sort of red-headed woodpecker 

 effect; or that, what's its name, the lure with the 

 white body and cocked red feathers, the red 

 feathers concealing the up-turned hook, almost 

 weedless. This would be my word to the man 

 selecting lures for night fishing, make your selec- 

 tion with the particular sport in mind and do not 

 skimp. What was your question, Dorothea Ann? 

 "What about that underwater electric light?" 

 Dorothea Ann, Dorothea Ann, do you want to get 

 me into trouble ? I refuse to answer. 



There are one or two extra things which the 

 night caster's tackle-box should contain, chief of 

 which is a good sized electric flash light, one with a 

 sliding button so that the light may be turned on for 

 any length of time. If the reader acts upon my 

 advice and secures one, let me urge upon him to see 

 that the battery is fresh when he pulls away from 

 the landing. I have scratched matches until that 

 portion of male attire commonly used for the pur- 

 pose has looked like the back of a negro after a 

 visit by the White Caps. To leave the rod or reel 

 is no less disastrous than to leave the flash light, or 

 have the battery run out. The landing net should 

 be large, though it is not important that the handle 



