STRATEGY 



THE WAY OF A BASS FISHERMAN WITH A FLY ROD 

 AND THE WAY OF A BASS WITH A FLY 



WADING A STREAM 

 IDEAL FISHING 



THE ideal way to fish a bass stream, if its depth 

 and bottom will permit, is to wade. Some 

 one has said that Art is the beautiful way of 

 doing things. Certainly then, wading the stream is 

 the artist's way of fishing for Micropterus. It has all 

 the charm of trout fishing and all of its thrills and 

 seldom is so lonesome since many of our bass streams 

 are in settled districts. One often fishes a stream and 

 is never out of hearing of the cow bells and the barking 

 of friendly farm dogs but is in the wilderness never- 

 theless. When the angler wades he becomes a part of 

 the stream and its life and the more he fishes a fine 

 stretch of water the friendlier it becomes. 



BASS AND FLIES 



One reason I believe bass fly fishermen are not as 

 generally successful as their trout fishing brethren is 

 because the bass fisher, as a class, has not put as much 

 study into his fish, his waters and his methods. This 

 is not to be wondered at when you consider that fly 

 148 



