STREAMCRAFT 



water ones, tied on hooks as large as number 

 4/0, might more appropriately be termed 

 "dressed minnows;" the cork-bodied floaters are 

 mostly vari-colored combinations of bucktail and 



feathers, of 

 the basic 

 pattern as 

 here pic- 

 tured in top 

 view, and are 

 tied on hooks 

 of about 1/0 



Type of modern floating "bass- bug" 



in size. Some 

 bodies are 

 left in the natural cork; others are painted with 

 dry colors mixed in shellac. In much-fished 

 waters they are more successful at night, which 

 likewise is true of any other lures used in these 

 localities. 



Large-mouth (Oswego) black bass 



The small-mouth black bass (Micropterus 

 dolomieu) has smaller scales than the big-mouth 

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