ARTIFICIAL FROGS 



when a heavy lure sinks to fasten its numerous dou- 

 ble or treble hooks on a sunken tree-trunk. No 

 weedless hook is needed for these lures. 



It will be noticed that all nature lures are pro- 

 vided with but one single hook of good size. I con- 

 sider treble hooks a bad feature, as only one barb 

 takes hold on the fish. 



With this preliminary, I will describe the frogs 

 and the simple method required to use them. I 

 consider the frogs my greatest achievement — so far 

 — ^because of the difficulties to overcome in making 

 movable legs and in making the shoulders appear 

 above the surface yet having the body submerged. 



In constructing the frogs I copied the green 

 leopard frog for Eastern waters, the spotted brown 

 pickerel frog for the Middle West, and the little 

 red-bellied frog for the Pacific Coast States ; though 

 it is possible that one or the other may be found use- 

 ful in different localities. The belly of the green 

 frog is pure white, running to a bright yellow at the 

 base. On the back, of bright green, are irregular 

 spots of black. The pickerel frog has a white belly, 

 spotted at the base with brown, and a brownish 

 back spotted in black. The Pacific frog is white 

 at the front, with bright red at the sides, running 

 to scarlet spots at the base of the belly. All three 

 weigh less than a quarter of an ounce. 



The size and bulk of the frog are the only objec- 

 tions to its being used as a fly. Nevertheless, it can 



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