BLACK BASS AND TROUT COMPARED 



the purpose, the main attraction for either bass or 

 trout lies in the lifelike action given to the artifi- 

 cial lure by the manipulation of the rod, through 

 which the insect is made to appear to be struggling 

 to escape from the water. 



Bass Waters near New York 



Near the city of New York there are few waters 

 where bass can be taken with moderate success by 

 wading and casting the fly. The upper reaches 

 of the Passaic and Raritan, and the lower Ramapo, 

 will yield their quota of fair-sized bass, while the 

 outlet of Greenwood Lake, within twenty feet of 

 the sluice-gate, will furnish five or six unusually 

 game bass in an hour's casting when the flies are 

 thrown above and on an old eel- weir which is just 

 below the dam of the lake. There is also quite a 

 good pool, for three or four bass only, below the 

 weir; but beyond that the outlet of the lake is too 

 shallow to afford shelter for bass. 



An unusual method is sometimes adopted, es- 

 pecially at Greenwood Lake. It is particularly 

 good during the two or three weeks that follow 

 the legal opening of the season. Entering Green- 

 wood Lake at the lower or southern end of the rail- 

 road bridge, which begins at Cooper's Station, the 

 angler wades out loin- deep and casts parallel with 

 the shore line, and continues to do so until the first 



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