i 4 8 PRACTICAL BAIT CASTING 



using an underwater lure it keeps it near the surface 

 and prevents it connecting with some unseen snag and 

 with any bait it gets the quiet impetuous strike that 

 usually means a well-hooked fish. 



On narrow streams it is best to work the good spots 

 on either side, preference being given, of course, to 

 the side where the current is the fastest, but on wide 

 streams it is more business-like to work up one side 

 and drift down the other. 



Baits? Almost anything goes in river fishing, de- 

 pending of course on circumstances spinner and fly, 

 frogs, pork, minnows, and even surface baits when the 

 water is smooth. In the eddies made by a sharp turn 

 of the river bed underwater baits are very successful. 

 Both bass and pickerel will often be found in such 

 places. 



At the mouths of creeks entering the main stream 

 you will usually find good fishing and in midsummer 

 any place where the water is heavily shaded whether 

 by trees or overhanging banks or cooled by springs 

 should be worked carefully. If one fishes a strange 

 stream and it connects with a lake near by, then the 

 plot thickens, as the story books say. It may happen 

 that the fish in the river seldom if ever enter th- lake, 

 but on the other hand the fish may show a decided 

 preference for the lake and come into the river only 

 occasionally, perhaps only to spawn. In a case of 

 this kind, it is best to find out from some one who 

 knows just what relation the lake bears to fishing in 

 the river and vice-versa. 



