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galing himself with; for here literally is "inside" 

 information. And this recalls the old-time 

 theory that fish always swallow minnows head 

 first, which received its first jar in the writer's 

 mind when an angling friend informed him 

 that he knew of several instances where autopsy 

 revealed the presence within bass of smaller 

 fish pointing t'other way. This was confirmed 

 later by my own observation of a twelve-inch 

 brown trout taken on the surface fly, and which 

 contained three minnows, from two and a half 

 to three inches long, in various stages of diges- 

 tion and all of which had been swallowed tail 

 first or rather, two had been swallowed, as 

 the one last taken previous to his striking the 

 fly was still in his throat, which bears out the 

 "fly for dessert" idea. 



Most success will consistently be had by 

 those familiar with their fishing place. If in a 

 new locality and for a limited stay, the max- 

 imum of sport as measured by the actual catch 

 will be obtained by following the advice of 

 some expert native who knows the water one 

 of those interesting characters known to every 

 angling hamlet who has a mysterious affinity 

 with fish and a subtle understanding in regard 

 to their capture. He fishes more in a month 

 than most "gentlemen sportsmen" do in the 

 course of a year. He knows what will prove the 

 most taking lure and what is its best manipula- 

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