THE BASSES: FRES H w ATER AND MARINE 



projecting point of land is reached, where he turns 

 to the left and follows the shore about a mile to- 

 ward the lower end of the lake. A dozen or more 

 of good bass, all small-mouths, are usually taken in 

 this manner with artificial flies. In the early part 

 of the season, the big-mouthed bass, which are nu- 

 merous in the lower portion of the lake, seem to be 

 absorbed in watching their young on the stumps, 

 or otherwise engaged, as they are not found, as a 

 rule, near the shore. 



At the junction of the east branch of the Dela- 

 ware River and the Beaverkill, 150 miles from New 

 York city, and all along the first-named water to 

 the Hancock, a distance of about twelve miles, 

 some of the best fly-fishing for black bass in New 

 York or any other State can be found. In this 

 section there are scores of pools and long reaches 

 where the black bass swarm and rise freely to the 

 fly, particularly in the early days of the season. 

 In the Oswego River, a few miles above the city 

 of the same name, can also be found good fly- 

 fishing. 



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