ANGLER'S FLIES AND HOW TO TIE 



sinks very naturally as the fly rests upon its 

 outstretched wings on the water. The cork body 

 is blue with fine black mottling. Mr. Spears 

 dresses it also in other colors in copy of other 

 local varieties of the insect. He writes: "In 

 fishing them proceed very slowly, simply letting 

 them lie or float with little or no movement. 

 So fished, they will attract both bass and perch. 

 Shallow lakes, quiet days, and sluggish streams 

 will prove best for them." 



Before dismissing this branch of our subject 

 it should be noted that what appear to be the 

 most successful "flies" used for this bass fishing 

 are a very recent development, and that they 

 are more unlike any natural fly than the most 

 bizarre of the old-time artificials. Mr. B. F. 

 Wilder, of New York City, seems to have been 

 prominent among the first anglers to use and 

 introduce the innovation, and Mr. Wilder says 

 that in June, 1914, on a trip to Belgrade Lakes, 

 Mr. Louis B. Adams, likewise a New Yorker, 

 gave him the first "floating bug" he ever saw, 

 a fly of his own tying, and that so far as Mr. 

 Wilder knows, Mr. Adams who told him he 

 had great sport with the lure during previous 

 seasons is the inventor of this splendid addi- 

 tion to the pleasure of the bass fisherman. 



These nondescripts really belong in a class by 

 themselves, and this is recognized in their 

 popular designation as bass "bugs." The under- 

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