THREE BEST NATURE LURES FOR BASS 



effective way would be to have the hook extend a 

 little beyond the tail, so that a striking bass would 

 swallow barb first: thus he would be made doubly 

 sure of capture. 



Glancing at the side view, anglers will notice the 

 long, powerful hook, running from the eye on top 

 of the body (entirely out of sight of the bass below) , 

 the curve ingeniously hidden by the crawfish's tail 

 — ^made of turkey tail feathers and long hair of 

 wolf. Underneath the tail is placed a double hook, 

 set there to clinch the snap of the bass. This dou- 

 ble hook is made invisible by hair from squirrel's 

 tail. The body is a solid piece of painted cork, to 

 which is securely fastened by silver wire the legs 

 and claws, which are made of the long fibers of 

 turkey tail feathers — the most pliable yet strongest 

 material I can find for the purpose. At the base 

 of the body the movable tail is fastened by a hinge. 

 The tail is shown in the cut at its highest point, 

 which is the position seen while in the water, though 

 on a slack line the tail drops down, to move up 

 again when a jerk is given to the lure. The horns 

 are quUls from a cock's hackle. They really are of 

 no value to the lure, except to make it more hfelike 

 to us. They should be nipped off by the fisherman 

 to about half an inch. 



It is only on very rare occasions that bass will rise 

 from the bottom where they lie, to take a live craw- 

 fish at, or near, the surface. They invariably seize 



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