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tricks is to rush straight at the boat or angler thus 

 getting slack for another leap or for tangling the ter- 

 minal tackle. As an old river man expressed it: 



Small-mouthed Black Bass 



" Other fish are smart but a river bass is plumb in- 

 tellectual ! " Everything considered, the fight of the 

 bass is the " thrillingest " of any fish I have ever 

 hooked. 



Large-mouthed Black Bass 



If Walton had known the black bass I venture the 

 guess that he would have pronounced him a brave and 

 noble fish. 



