Fishing in North Carolina. 17 



ciated the theory that practice makes perfect. 

 It does nothing of the kind. A dullard never 

 can be even a perfect ass. But one can always 

 leani something in fishing. 



Of baits again: There are just as many 

 conditions in the gastronomic qualities of a 

 bass's stomach as in that of man, and you need 

 not expect an explanation. A Carolinian will 

 have zest for corn juice, a Georgia cracker for 

 clay; a bass dwelling in sluggish, dirty creeks, 

 overlapped with flags, will prefer a small perch 

 to a lively branch minnow. 



De gustihus non est dispidandum, which all 

 fishermen understand. 



The deer tail bob is a bait that is frequently 

 extolled as a sure killer by fishermen in Eartern 

 Carolina where bass have nothing to do but 

 grow big and get caught by corn whiskey ex- 

 perts. 



My friend in Bertie County, all rouud big 

 head and big foot sportsman, owner of deer 

 hounds and a vocabulary, speaking of the-deer 

 tail bait says that while fishing one early morn- 



