CHAPTER VI. 



Artificial Baits. 



AITS of wood, metal, rubber, and other ma- 

 terials are much used by present-day 

 anglers. Some of these resemble minnows, 

 but as a rule they do not imitate any living 

 creature, differing in this way from the artificial 

 fly, but are probably mistaken by the fish for 

 live creatures, anyway the fish attack them and some of 

 these baits have proved very successful. Perhaps the oldest 



The Roamer Bait. 



of all artificial baits is the phantom minnow, which is, unlike 

 many of the later creations, an imitation of a real minnow, 

 and the manufacturers really do try to make it look like a 

 small fish. It is an old standard bait, but is not as success- 

 ful as some of the later ones. They are usually made of 

 silk, though one brand is made of porpoise hide. They have 

 spinning wings attached to the head and are furnished with 



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