THE basses: free h-w ater and marine 



a twelve-inch landing-net, and a box of lampreys, 

 helgramites, or grasshoppers, a live-minnow bucket; 

 and a dozen single-gut leaders, three to nine feet 

 long. 



Mr. H. C. McDougall, of Newark, N. J., a few 

 years ago wrote me: 



" I have demonstrated to my own satisfaction that black 

 bass can be attracted to the boat by liberally dropping 

 fresh earth into the water while at anchor." 



When trolling (an abominable habit), when 

 every other device failed, I have always resorted 

 to a trail of six or eight of the largest and gaudiest 

 lake flies, looping them on the leader about eight 

 inches apart, being careful that each should con- 

 trast with its neighbor in coloration, and placing 

 the most variegated Dolly Varden feathers as an 

 end fly. With a hundred feet of line out and 

 the boat rowed slowly, failure seldom, if ever, 

 comes to the fisherman. 



In trolling with such flies use the rod, line, and 

 reel I have described, and a single-gut leader one 

 size finer than salmon gut, and one foot shorter 

 than the length of your rod down, to your reel. A 

 small brass swivel should connect the leader with 

 the line, to prevent the leader from twisting. The 

 flies should be tied from No. 1 to 1-0; the bodies 

 should be larger than are generally made, nearly 

 as large around as an ordinary lead-pencil. 



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