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constantly? increasing. This is probably due to a desire to 

 get away from the multiplicity of hooks and brought about 

 also, by the requirements of laws in certain States which 

 limit the number of hooks that may be used by the angler. 

 Cut here shown is Style No. 904W-SD. Several of the 

 other baits these people put out are made with the single 

 hooks, as here shown, in various finishes. 



South Bend Flies are furnished tied on straight eye 

 ringed Sproat hooks, not snelled, thus permitting attaching 

 a spoon or spinner. Supplied in twelve colors, various siz- 

 ed hooks. 



Casting For Game Fish: 



The step from boyhood fishing days to that perfec- 

 tion in angling science known as casting, is one that can be 

 measured only in years. Generally it stretches over 

 about a dozen. It may vary more or less but in the main 

 the boy must have grown into a full, mature manhood, be- 

 fore he takes up casting and attempts to pit his prowess 

 against such worthy foes as the Bass, the Muskie, the Trout 

 and others of the gamy tribe. 



With a free-running reel, a light silk line, a light. 

 flexible rod and suitable lures, the lad who at one time was 

 fully satisfied with the small fry finds that hooking a lively 

 bass is an entirely^ different sensation and that he has 

 encountered a foe worthy of all the prowess his advanced 

 years have given him. 



Just imagine a mighty black bass striking your lure 

 at the end of a well-made line imagine him going down 

 through the cool, weedy depths, making the line fairly sing 



