Fish and Fishing 



though this fish is most uncertain to locate, being 

 much given to roaming about in search of food. 



In fishing rapids, let the fly wander at will, 

 just as the current takes it; sometimes the fish 

 darts for it at the surface, at other times when sunk 

 three feet by the force of the water. One fly is 

 sufficient at the end of a six-foot leader, similar 

 to that used for bass; the fly being about the size 

 of a small bass, or large trout fly. In color use dark 

 flies for mornings, dark gray hackle, 

 Fishing black hackle, gray drake. For even- 

 ing, use a white miller, silver doctor, or 

 coachman. As soon as the fly is taken, keep a 

 firm hold on the rod. The wall-eye is every bit 

 as strong as the bass, and while it lasts, in swift 

 water, a ten-pound fish is no mean work for a 

 tyro to tackle. Dr. Brown Goode states, "There 

 is no better pike-perch fishing in the world than 

 that which may be had in the vicinity of Lake 

 City, Minnesota, in Lake Pepin, and the adjacent 

 waters." 



The wall-eye is quite common in most of the 

 rivers and lakes of New York, New Jersey, and 

 Pennsylvania, and it seems to thrive well wherever 

 it is placed. 



DACE AND CHUB 



This bright, silvery little fish is very abundant, 

 and delights in rapid, rocky portions of large 

 streams and in the deeper channels of the clear 

 running brooks. It is one of the largest of the min- 



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