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SHINY DEVILS 



Gold- and Silver-bodied Fancy Minnows eob Salmon, 

 Big Trout, and Bass 



In studying these minnows from every stand- 

 point and developing them so as to make, as per- 

 fectly as can be, practical, all-round sensible lures 

 for our native game fishes, and following my efforts 

 to produce an exact copy of a natural minnow in a 

 soft yet solid material, I conceived the idea of mak- 

 ing some "fancy" minnows — shiny devils, by name 

 — where no effort is made to imitate the minnow 

 except in the under body or belly. This is contrary 

 to my often expressed, determined belief that it is 

 best in every instance to copy nature. 



I do it for this reason : After testing them side 

 by side with imitation minnows (both floating and 

 sunken) I shall have tangible proof which of them 

 game fish most prefer ; though I imagine that, while 



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