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catch fish apparently as well as the most scientific angler. 

 It probably depends much on the water, whether it is fished 

 much, etc. In my opinion a fish, if hungry, seldom waits to 

 see the color and form ; if he did he would seldom rise to a 

 fly for he would see the hook and leader also, and would 

 notice that it did not appear very lifelike. 



Flies are made for" bass of deer hair and known as 

 bucktail flies. Their advantage over flies of feathers and 

 fur is that they do not mat when wet, but unless the hair is 

 dyed they can only be made in gray and white or brown 

 Some of them are nicely shaped and others are only heavy 

 hackles. Some of these flies are made with weed guards. 

 These, of course, are large and might properly be classed 

 with artificial baits. The Jamison fly has black head and red 

 body; hackle of red hair and large wings of single red 

 feathers; tail white. Some very large bass have been taken 

 with it. 



