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Here Are Six Great Killers — 
And Twenty-four Interchangeable Combinations! 
Realizing the great and well known fish-getting qualities of spinners, the Pfluegers have here 
devised a set of spinner baits, with interchangeable parts readily attachable, to enable the angler 
to meet any and all conditions of water, time of day, season of year and other causes, with a 
bait that will attract game fish under the special conditions existing at the moment. This year 
don’t start away on that long anticipated trip without having in your tackle box at least one set of 
“Pflueger-Lewis” Interchangeable Spinner 
Each set contains:—Two rust-proof piano wire shafts, each with a “Jack” to 
which the blade is secured; one hollow point double hook, ringed size 1/0; one 
hollow point Ci lifornia bass hook, rfnged size 4/0, with a copper baiting wire 
attached; one Wyoga. bass fly. Royal Coachman pattern on a hollow point Sproat 
hook, ringed size 2/0; one hollow point treble hook, ringed size 1/0, feathered, 
and six interchangeable spoon blades. 
If your dealer cannot supply you wo will mail you one set postpaid on receipt 
of $1.00. 
^The Enterprise Manufacturing Co. Dept. 2 1 Akron, Ohio 
NOTICE—Write for free copy “Tips on Tackle” containing much information of interest to anglers. 
s O s. Pat O' 
If you go hunting or fishing you need the EXCELSIOR BELT SAFE 
The need of dry matches may save your life. Keeps your watch, money, etc , safe- 
and dry. Small and compact; made of brass, nickel plated, gun metal or oxidized and 
furnished complete with strong serviceable canvas belt, buckle all complete. Sent any 
where on receipt of $1.00. 
You need one. 
HYFIELD MFG. CO., 48 FRANKLIN STREET, NEW YORK CITY 
WITH SIX BEAUTIFUL COLORED PLATES 
Fifth Edition. $3.50 
Pheasants: 
Their Natural History and 
Practical Management 
THE STANDARD WORK ON THE SUBJECT 
By W. B. TEGETMEIER, F.Z.S. (Hon.) 
(Member of the British Ornithologists’ Union) 
Illustrated with Numerous Full-page Engraving; drawn from Life by 
J. G MILLAIS, F. W. FROHAWK, T. W. WOOD, P. SMIT, &c. 
THE CHAPTER ON DISEASES Revised by Dr. H. HAMMOND SMITH 
Imported by 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO., 128 Broadway, New York 
Rachow Trout Hatchery 
Miner’s career is a veritable bird epic. For 
fifteen years a market hunter, he was known and 
feared among all the wild things that flew from 
the Gulf of Mexico to Hudson Bay. The mani¬ 
fest terror he saw displayed toward him by wild 
life finally affected him so that he determined 
to abandon his career of hunter and to make 
friends with the hunted. In this he has been 
signally successful, ranking to-day as one of the 
foremost authorities on the subject of wild life 
propagation in the world. 
Before adjourning the meeting, officers for the 
ensuing year were elected. William B. Mershon, 
of Saginaw, Mich., the mainstay of the associa¬ 
tion, was re-elected president, with Edgar M. 
Thorpe, of Lansing, Mich., vice-president to suc¬ 
ceed George E. Pardee, of Owosso. George M. 
Brown, of Detroit, was re-elected treasurer, with 
Chas. K. Hoyt, of the Michigan State Game, 
Fish and Forest Fire Department of the Public 
Domain Commission secretary, to succeed Hugh 
B. Gilbert, of Flint. Stenographic minutes of 
the meeting were made, including all speeches, 
and may be obtaned in the near future by ap¬ 
plication to President Mershon. 
WET, DRY OR NATURE FLY, 
(Continued from page 894.) 
both native to, and reared in a wild state, with¬ 
out the aid of planting and stocking, where fish 
and insect food is, provided by Nature’s bounti¬ 
ful hand with astonishing abundance. 
I have consistently refrained from describing 
my own and other anglers’ successes with my 
flies and lures, but for various reasons, I shall 
break the rule once and give to Forest and 
Stream anglers in a later number some truthful 
accounts of a few experiences—particularly one, 
of a wide-known expert’s capture in Nova Scotia 
of a twenty-six pound Atlantic salmon on one of 
the smallest flies shown with this article. 
(NOTE—The beautiful front cover of this issue of 
Forest and Stream is from the original draw¬ 
ing by Louis Rhead, designed to illustrate his 
forthcoming book “Trout Stream Insects” to 
be published by Frederick A. Stokes and Co., 
and is used through the courtesy of the artist- 
author and his publishers.—Editor Forest and 
Stream.) 
OPENING OF THE TROUT SEASON. 
The opening of the trout season in some of 
the northern states is as follows: 
Connecticut. —March 31st. No trout less than 
6 .inches allowed. Maximum limit in one day 
thirty ; season for black bass July 1st. 
Maine. — (Fishermen should consult special 
laws on certain waters, special daily limit, pro¬ 
hibited devices, etc.) Land-locked salmon, trout 
and togue; open season from time ice is out of 
the pond or lake fished in the spring until Sep¬ 
tember 30th. 
Michigan.' —Season for trout, land-locked sal¬ 
mon, grayling opens generally May 1st. Bass 
season opens June 16th. Not lawful to take 
any brook trout, Loch Leven trout, steel head 
trout, grayling or California trout from any 
streams in which they are not native, and which 
may have been stocked by the state board of 
fish commissioners, for the period of four years 
after the first planting of any such fish therein. 
Minnesota. —Open Season—Trout (except lake 
trout), April 15th to September 2nd, bass (not 
less than 9 inches) May 29th. 
New Hampshire. — Brook trout not less than 
ten inches, in length may be taken and possessed 
from April 5th to September 1st, from Sunapee 
Lake, to Newfound Lake, Crystal Lake in En¬ 
field, Tewksbury Pond in Grafton, and Pleasant 
Pond in New London. There are many local 
exceptions on which an angler would do well 
to post himself. 
New Jersey. — Open Season — Brook, brown, 
rainbow trout and land-locked salmon April 1st 
to July 14th, inclusive. Black bass, Oswego 
bass, white bass, calico bass, crappie and pike- 
perch, June 16th to November 30th, both dates 
inclusive. Pike and pickerel, May 30th, inclusive. 
New York. —Bass (black bass and Oswego 
bass), June 16th to November 30th. Lake trout, 
not less than 15 inches, April 1st to September 
30th. Trout (brook, speckled, brown, rainbow 
and red-throat), first Saturday in April to August 
31st. A number of exceptions still hold in some 
sections. 
Pennsylvania. —Trout season opens April 14th. 
Bass season one month later. 
Vermont. —Open Season—-Trout, land-locked 
salmon, lake trout or longe in brooks and 
streams, April 15th to September 1st. In ponds 
and lakes, May 1st to September 1st; black bass, 
June 15th to January 1st. 
West Virginia. —Open Season—Trout or land¬ 
locked salmon, April 1st to August 2nd. 
Quebec. —Speckled trout season opens May 1st. 
Salmon (fly fishing), May 1st; bass, June 16th. 
“Game Laws in Brief’ (Forest and Stream 
Publishing Company, price 25 cents), should be 
consulted for complete information covering 
every state, and all Canadian Provinces.) 
M. C. THORBURN 
Begs to thank her numerous American customers for 
their past support and to solicit a continuation of their 
patronage. 
The reputation made for the high quality of the flies 
and casts supplied has been confirmed by the many suc¬ 
cesses of customers at Home and Abroad, and Miss 
Thorburn takes this opportunity of thanking customers 
for the numerous testimonials received, appreciative of 
the excellence of goods supplied. 
Patrons can rely on the high quality being maintained. 
Rods, Reels, Lines, and all fishing requisites in 
stock. 
Orders by post receive prompt and personal attention. 
List, post free 
12 Shandwick Place - - EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND 
Ideal country gentleman’s estate, 200 acres, 
where you can breed your own trout in two 
nice streams on the place. Nearby is RACHOW 
TROUT HATCHERY. 70 miles out. Half a 
mile bay front; four bouses, large barns, high 
shore—large trees, good soil, one mile from two 
villages and stations. 
Less desirable property in vicinity sold for 
$3,000 per acre-Price now $200,000. 
RESPONSIBLE, Box 60, care Forest and 
Stream, 128 Broadway, New York. 
W Spend spare time, profitably gathering 
butterflies,millers. Many wanted for museums, 
artwork. I pay highest prices. Everybody. 
Send 2 c. stamp for particulars and 8-page folder. 
Sinclair, Box 244 D-40, Los Angeles, Cal. 
Membership in Private Hunting 
and Fishing Preserve 
The Longwood Valley Sportsmen's 
Club, Controlling the Fishing and Hunt¬ 
ing Preserve of the late U. S. Senator 
John Kean in Upper Longwood Valley, 
Northern New Jersey, invites inquiries 
from Sportsmen for Membership, which is 
both limited and exclusive. Deer, Pheas¬ 
ants, Quail, Partridge Abundant; also 
Brook, Rainbow and Brown Trout, Large 
and Small Mouth Bass in Lakes and 
Streams. Two hours by auto from New 
York. 
Address LONGWOOD, care Forest and 
Stream, 128 Broadway, New York. 
