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The Angler and the Black Bass 

 that Favored Cloudy Water 



"For fly fishing the water should be reasonably 

 clear." W. C. PRIME. 



ND we all use "clear" 



in our stories about fly 

 fishing, both for trout 

 and black bass, and I 

 would no doubt con- 

 tinue the use of the 

 word had not my last 

 angling trip in Michigan 

 taught me the error of 

 doing so, at least in the 

 black-bass' case, and the lesson I learned in 

 the black-bass school has made me enter- 

 tain some doubts about trout and salmon 

 taking the artificial fly only in clear water. 

 I know the small-mouth and large- 

 mouth black bass will rise to both artificial 



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"If you do not know 

 a river it is always most 

 desirable to have some 

 one with you who does." 

 FRANCIS FRANCIS. 



