ARTIFICIAL LURES FOR BLACK BASS 



angling for black bass. With live bait the fish is 

 often permitted to take his time and ample quan- 

 tity of line, — I have even known one expert angler 

 to feed out a hundred feet of line before he struck 

 his fish. When using artificial lures one must strike 

 on the instant that any sensation of attack on the 

 lure is felt; indeed, when the bass can be seen 

 making for the lure, the strike may even be timed 

 in advance. 



Again, the invariable rule is to keep an artificial 

 lure moving. Even in case of a savage rise where 

 the fish misses the lure, it should not be stopped, but 

 reeled slowly in and cast again. 



Probably in no country of the world is the angler 

 provided with so many ingenious and practical 

 devices intended to increase his pleasure. Let not 

 undue conservatism rob him of the additional plea- 

 sure so near at hand. 



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