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than one; also be sure to remove all little pieces of former 

 baits. Worms are best carried in a bait box attached to a 

 belt. 



The grasshopper is another good bait, especially for 

 surface feeding fish. Perhaps no other bait will cause a lazy 

 old trout to rise so quickly from the depths as will a lively, 

 kicking grasshopper, and it is an almost irresistible bait for 

 these fish, even during the hot summer months when the water 



Hooks Baited with T^orm and Hopper. 



is clear and the fish cannot be lured in any other way. If there 

 is a trout there, a live grasshopper cast lightly out onto the 

 pool is almost sure to be his undoing. The hook should be 

 entered at the joint just behind the 'hopper's head and run 

 lengthwise of the body. To carry this bait a "hopper coop' 

 is the proper thing. 



For black bass and all of the large, voracious fish, the 

 minnow is the favorite bait. By minnow I mean a small 

 fish, for small fish are invariably called minnows by anglers, 



