How to Get Them 



the angler must proceed with caution, casting 

 right to left across the stream from the banks and 

 the middle. The bait rod is, compared to a fly 

 rod, short and stiff, and the casting of bait is done 

 to one side or the other, by underhand, the length 

 of the cast being mostly due to the weight of 

 the bait, and swivel, or sinker, the latter being 

 heavier or lighter, according to depth or move- 

 ment of the water. . 



Next in order, as taking bait, I should place the 

 helgramite, an ugly looking black creature known 



by many names, indeed, every sec- 

 Helgramite _/ . f, 



tion of the cbuntry has its own pe- 

 culiar name; they may be 

 found clinging to decaying 

 timbers, in the crevices of 

 submerged stone- work, also 

 in the shallow ripples under 

 flat stones. They are good Hooked helgramite. 

 because they are so hardy, living almost any length 

 of time in a vessel half filled with rotten aquatic 

 plants. This creature, by means of its strong 

 pincers, clings tenaciously to various objects es- 

 pecially under stones, logs, even in swift-running 

 streams, so that, when using it as a bait, it should 

 be kept forever on the move to stop 

 such tantrums. The way to hook 

 it is by inserting the hook under 

 the cap or shell that covers the neck, from behind 

 forward, and bringing it through next to the 

 head. It is a capital bait for bass, especially in 

 rapids or shallow water. 



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