CONTENTS 



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PREFACE v 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xi 



INTRODUCTION. By Tarleton H. Bean xiii 



THE SONG OF THE BASS. By Alice Calhoun Haines . . xxiii 



THE FRESH-WATER BASSES. By William C. Harris . . 1 



THE HABITS OF THE BLACK BASS 11 



QUALITIES OF THE BLACK BASS 18 



FEEDING-HABITS OF THE BLACK BASS 26 



BAIT-FISHING FOR BLACK BASS 81 



BAITS FOR BLACK BASS 40 



IN THE MATTER OF FLIES 48 



THE BLACK BASS AND THE TROUT COMPARED . . 53 



THE MINOR BASSES (BLACK BASS FAMILY) ... 67 



FLY-FISHING FOR BLACK BASS IN THE SCHUYLKILL 



RIVER. By William C. Harris 75 



BASS IN THE BEAVERKILL. By Louis Rhead . . . . 117 



THE CHOICE OF FLIES By Louis Rhead 129 



NOTES ON THE COOKING OF BASS. By Louis Rhead . . 143 



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