i?8 PRACTICAL BAIT CASTING 



times desirable to make a cast or two while standing. 

 This is risky in a round bottom or "clinker" boat and 

 decidedly dangerous in a canoe. Besides the caster is 

 often out in rough weather and a seaworthy craft is 

 more comfortable to fish from. 



If the caster buys a boat or has one made to order 

 it is a good plan to have it heavy enough in the stern 

 to take an outboard motor. 



OUTBOARD MOTORS 



The outboard or rowboat motor is a blessing to the 

 bait caster because of the amount of water one covers 

 in a day's fishing due to the roaming habits of the 

 bass, his principal quarry. These motors weight in 

 the neighborhood of fifty pounds, and are therefore 

 easily transported. As now made they are very de- 

 pendable. 



CUSHIONS 



Sitting all day on the "soft side of a board seat" be- 

 comes uncomfortable, so a cushion is of decided value. 

 A simple one can be a bag made of drill or canvas 

 which is carried empty and filled with hay or grass 

 when the fishing grounds are reached. More comfort- 

 able is the pneumatic rubber ring which can be carried 

 flat and is easily inflated when wanted. Personally, 

 we use the small (twelve-inch) size but this would 

 hardly do for those made along the lines of "Big 

 Built Aft." For one's boat at the permanent camp, 

 I recommend the Kapoc cushion, which in case of 



