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Forest 
A X D S T R E A :\I 
March, 1919 
Reconstruction 
and the 
Sriiall-tore 
Rifle Glut 
Ko, S 
Americctn Marksmen Series, 
I*ainted for Remington UMC 
by i'- X, Leyendecker 
O NE of tlie first and test war measures tte U. S.'Govern- 
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institutional rifle cluhs, an enormous expansion has begun, centering 
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scnhed by the National Rifle Association. 
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these cluhs. Remington UMC is hest able to help — as it is helping — to 
brmg this splendid sport permanently into its own in this countiy. 
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MAKING YOUR OWN 
BASS BUGS 
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these flies attractive to the wily fish. 
Personally, I use three or four bristles 
frequently in the wings or toils, that are 
taken from a Javelin hide — the collared 
peccary of natural history — but as these 
are not readily obtainable everywhere, I 
presume, hog bristles or horse hair would 
do the same thing, which is to support 
the softer hairs and prevent their mat- 
ting down in the water. 
Don’t be afraid to make some all white 
except the body and even that can be 
white for night fishing. In late summer 
when the bass are lying deep the light- 
colored flies will get the most fish. 
Orange bodies with white wings and 
tail with just a touch of red fox or 
squirrel hair is a good combination. 
Bright red body with dark grey squir- 
rel or deer hair has proved a winner 
for big ones with me and especially when 
the sun was shining brightly. Alum- 
inum bodies with red heads look good 
day or night. 
T he following list of “don’ts” will 
help you avoid some disappoint- 
ments, but cut down your experimenting 
too, so disregard them if you want the 
fun of trying. 
Never cut the outer ends off the hairs 
if they seem too long as they are tapered 
and their wonderfully live appearance in 
the water is dependent on preserving the 
tapering end. 
Manufactured Bucktails do not possess 
this quality because the hairs are 
chopped off square. 
Cut off at the root end if you must re- 
duce their length, and ahvays tie the 
root end to bodies when making flies. 
Don’t use short or low-grade corks 
as they work badly, are hard and heavy. 
Don’t get the shellac on the hairs, ex- 
cept very close to where they are tied 
to the body as it stiffens them. 
Don’t use small hooks as they do not 
protrude enough and you w’ill miss too 
many strikes. Besides their eyes are too 
small. This of course is not to apply if 
you are making midget size flies, as all 
parts should be in harmony. 
Do not wind thread around bodies so 
as to compress the entire cork as its 
lightness is lost in proportion as its bulk 
is reduced by compression. 
Never fail when putting the fly on 
leader to insert the loop (which must 
be long enough to pass through the fly) 
through the eye from the underside — 
that is, the side the point of the hook 
is on, as it makes the fly lie cn the 
water with head slightly elevated and 
each tiny jerk nods the head downward, 
while reverse occurs if inserted in re- 
verse manner and the action is not near 
so lifelike and makes less ripple on the 
water. It also causes the fly to strike 
the water right side up usually. 
Do not be discouraged if your first 
ones are crude — even they wdll catch fish 
in a way that will surprise you — and 
there is no end to the variation that will 
occur to you as you go along. 
