FOREST AND STREAM 
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MAKING ARTIFICIAL MINNOWS. 
Ever been through a factory where your bass 
bait is born? No? Well, it’s worth while. A 
while ago we were in Chicago and took a run 
out to California Avenue, where Brother Jami¬ 
son turns out the bass bait par excellence. We 
knew Jamie’s reputation as a fisherman long 
before we knew anything about his wriggling 
minnow. He could catch bass where the lake 
looked as inviting as a bald head to a microbe. 
So we journeyed out into the suburbs—that’s Cal¬ 
ifornia Avenue. Here we found a red brick three- 
story building bustling with energy. In the 
back room, working over a lathe we found 
Jamie. He was perfecting a dipper—not the too 
many times to the well kind, but a machine for 
dipping the wooden minnow into the liquid cel¬ 
luloid. After many attempts the machinery fit¬ 
ted like a “T” and the dipping began. And this 
dipping is some process. It is so arranged that 
it takes two hours for each dipping of a minnow. 
Forty-eight are immersed at one time and each 
is made of a wood that will not absorb like a 
blotter; in other words, the wood is the least 
porous that can be obtained. While the dipping 
was going on a dozen girls—all imported from 
the country where fly-tying was an art befoie 
the Beaverkill ever had a coachman dropped into 
it. These girls were making bunches of gaudy 
red feathers for the after section of the famous 
Jamison Coaxer—you all know what Jamie did 
with this against Anse Decker a year or two ago. 
Uncle Sam has made it possible to get large 
packages at small cost of transportation. 
Manufacturers will be glad to send full particulars concerning 
goods mentioned herein. 
Well, if you don’t know: The Jamison coaxer 
put it all over the pride of Jersey in a two days’ 
fishing match—and Jamie was sick at that. Well, 
to get back to this little factory, it is some place. 
Every turn of the Jamison bait is hand turned, 
except the dipping, which could not be done by 
hand, properly. We have lined up a few of the 
coaxers for striped bass trolling on Manhasset 
Bay, and, take it from us—and Bill Hyde, who 
made striped bass fishing famous on the north 
shore of Long Island—it will be some bait for the 
wariest fish known to salt water. The bait 
will trail along the bottom, two feet from bottom, 
or on the surface. For the fresh water star it 
is a sure killer—and we can prove it. By the 
way, there is another Jamison coaxer worthy of 
consideration—when you see Jamie, ask him 
about it. You’ll never forget it after taking. 
EVERY STATE SAYS YES FOR 
REMINGTON. 
We all knew that there were good trappists in 
each state who would say a good word for 
Remington guns, but it took Tom Briggs to get 
them uniformly arranged in a booklet. Sir 
Thomas has just brought forth a booklet in 
which a prominent shooter in every state in the 
union says—“Remington is it!” The brochure is 
artistic in appearance and convincing in its inner 
works. If you haven’t shot a Remington pump 
or automatic—this is called a self loader at head¬ 
quarters—go to it. 
THE PARKER TRY GUN. 
Parker Bros. Try Gun permits of being so ad¬ 
justed that most accurate measurements may be 
secured for a perfectly fitting gun. In order to 
secure these measurements the makers have de¬ 
signed a Try Gun with a grip which moves in 
relation with the stock, thus giving a perfect fit¬ 
ting grip, no matter whether the stock may be 
made with very little drop or with the maximum 
drop. This is accomplished by means of a uni¬ 
versal joint which is located between the tang and 
the trigger plate and is adjustable, both up and 
down, or to right or left. This permits any vari¬ 
ation of heel drop, from one extreme to the 
other, and also gives any desired cast off, either 
to right or left. These adjustments are secured 
by means of socket headed adjusting screws, 
which are located in the tang and trigger plate 
and also on either side of the frame and are ad¬ 
justed by means of the small wrench shown in 
the illustration. Adjustments of the comb are 
made by means of knurled nuts which are let into 
the body of the stock, and are held from turn¬ 
ing by spring pressure. The rear end of the 
comb may be raised or lowered so that a Monte 
Carlo effect may be secured. The length of stock 
is also adjustable by means of similar knurled 
nuts, and the angle or pitch of butt plate may 
also be changed at will, so that any pitch desired 
may be secured. A still further refinement may 
be had by swinging the toe of the butt plate either 
to right or left in relation to the stock. This 
latter adjustment is made by means of a screw 
operated by the small wrench. After proper ad- 
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