Fish and Fishing 



through. In wading one of my favorite streams, 

 I hooked quite a number of fine bass while trout 



fishing with small flies, tied on No. 8 

 places P enne N sneek hook, mostly after sunset; 



and with all due deference to many well- 

 known and good authorities on this fish, I think 

 black bass, and more of them, can be taken on a 

 trout rig, rod, line and flies. Anglers must remem- 

 ber when purchasing flies that in lakes large flies 

 are necessary to be seen by the fish, especially in 

 rippling water; but for fishing in streams, the right 

 sizes for bass, large-mouth or small, are from 

 Nos. 8 to 9. Small hooks hold just as well as large 

 ones, in fact, better, if the hook gets between the 

 bones. What I say regarding metal- 



bodied flies for trout a PP lies equally 

 well for bass . As a cast of flies I should 

 select the coachman, silver doctor, red or black 

 hackle; as a change, cahill, gray hackle, March 

 brown, or queen of the water, with the addition of 

 black gnat, or black hackle; these in the different 

 sizes mentioned will lure bass in most any locality. 

 The rule applies with all fish smallest and 

 most sombre colors on bright days, in low 

 and clear water, larger and brighter flies on dark 

 days with high or rough water, and the same at 

 evening. 



When the angler is wading the middle of the 

 stream, and able to cast far enough to reach both 

 banks, and that is very desirable, he should care- 

 fully cover every point where large bowlders 

 make eddies; in quick running waters bass move 

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