ANGLER'S FLIES AND HOW TO TIE 



terns. "I have fished the mountain streams of 

 the West for trout, but I must say the bass of 

 this section are* far ahead of anything I have 

 ever seen when it comes to taking the fly. I 

 have often seen as many as half a dozen running 

 a hooked bass, so I think that anglers who be- 

 lieve trout are more eager after the fly never 

 had the pleasure of trying for them in clear 

 running water, but had confined their activities 

 to some inland lake where the game is sluggish 

 and the sport tame." 



Also included in the Storey exhibit was a 

 little bunch of deer hair ingeniously held to- 



Preliminary control of deer hair 



gether by a tiny piece of surgeons' plaster, which 

 the maker explained was his method of con- 

 trolling the hair until he had made the tie. 



A cork-bodied floating grasshopper that is on 

 the market has a good reputation for being at- 

 tractive both to bass and large trout. For these 

 "exact imitation" artificials, as differentiated 

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