FOREST AND STREAM 
1203 
Two Practical Books 
for Campers and Sportsmen 
By EMERSON HOUGH 
LET US GO 
AFIELD 
Outline of Contents 
Chapter 
I. Your Summer Encamp¬ 
ment. 
II. Bait Casting For Bass. 
III. Angling Extraordinary. 
IV. The Inconnu—What It 
Is Not. 
V. In The Jewel Box. 
VI. The Great-Game Fields 
Of The World. 
VII. The Wasteful West. 
VIII. Rifles For Big Game. 
IX. Wealth On Wings. 
X. Bear Hunting. 
XI. Hunting The Deer. 
XII. Game Laws And Game 
Supply. 
XIII. A Voyage Around The 
Room. 
XVI. Whither Are We 
Drifting? 
Illustrated with repro¬ 
ductions of actual photo¬ 
graphs. 
$1.25 Net. By Mail $1.37. 
Before you plan your hunting 
or camping trip—even before 
you spend five cents for equip¬ 
ment, get the advice and sug¬ 
gestions of America’s greatest 
sportsman — Emerson Hough. 
The amateur and the “regular” 
will each find these books brim¬ 
ful of worth-while information 
and the kind of assistance they 
need. 
“Let us Go Afield” is a call to 
the wild that tells you what 
to do and how to do it when 
you get there. From bass fish¬ 
ing to bear hunting it covers in 
detail all branches of the sport, 
telling how, where and when to 
get the finest specimens. Chap¬ 
ters on the camp, equipment, 
etc., are particularly valuable. 
“Out of Doors” enables the 
novice to enjoy a thoroughly 
satisfying sojourn in the open. 
The routine of outdoor life in 
all its phases is clearly and 
thoroughly explained. The book 
is crowded with practical ad¬ 
vice on what to wear, how to 
cook, what to eat, how to pitch 
a tent, make a bed, make a fire, 
handle a canoe, how to fish, etc. 
It also tells how women can 
get the most comfort and pleas¬ 
ure from camp life. 
Aside from their great value to 
the sportsman and camper, 
these books make delightfully 
interesting reading for every¬ 
body. 
Send your order to 
FOREST and STREAM 
118 E. 28th Street 
NEW YORK CITY 
OUT| OF 
DOORS 
Outline of Contents 
Chapter 
I. Your Vacation. 
II. The Camper’s Outfit. 
III. The Vacation Nuis¬ 
ances; How To Pre¬ 
vent Them. 
IV. In The Junk Closet. 
V. The Woman In Camp. 
VI. Uncle Sam’s Shoes. 
VII. Mountain Camping. 
VIII. Your Canoe And Its 
Outfit. 
IX. Hints And Points On 
Trout Fishing. 
X. Your Bird Dog; How 
To Use Him. 
XI. Your Gun; How To 
Handle It. 
XII. Your Campfire; How 
To Use It. 
XIII. Getting Lost And What 
To Do About It. 
XIV. The Faculty Of 
Observation. 
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ductions of actual photo¬ 
graphs. 
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of Locher’s, goes the honor of evolving the 
finger hook, still found on rods and used by 
many present-day casters. This idea was later 
sent to the Horton Manufacturing Company for 
their use, by one Ben Bush, also of Kalamazoo. 
The Horton people, seeing the worth of the 
idea and its value, improved on it by making it 
detachable, the improved article being patented. 
Later the well known Kalamazoo steel bait 
easting rod appeared on the market and met 
with instant favor. “Bucktail” Worden of 
South Bend, Indiana, later made some minor 
improvements on the lancewood rod and intro¬ 
duced what was known as the Worden bait 
casting rod, other manufacturers falling in 
line until today we have the two-piece, short 
butt, long tip, constructive favorite. 
MORE ABOUT THE CARP. 
During the past two months I have had nu¬ 
merous queries regarding the carp; what he is. 
where he is found and how to catch him. A 
short treatise on this subject therefore seems 
to be in order. The following extracts through 
the courtesy of Louis Rheid are taken from 
his well known book, “Bait Angling for Com¬ 
mon Fishes.” 
“The carp is a native of Asia and was intro¬ 
duced in America in 1831; its acclimation has 
been wonderfully successful, especially in the 
South, where it continues to grow throughout 
the year and sometimes attains a remarkable 
size.” 
There are numerous species of carp. The 
mirror, or king carp is named on account of the 
few and extraordinarily large scales which run 
along the sides of the body in three or four 
rows, the rest of the body being bare. The 
leather carp, which has on its back either only 
a few scales, or none at all. Then there is 
the golden carp, popular in small fountain 
ponds and household aquariums. The common 
carp is found to be very abundant in certain 
lakes and rivers; those found in the latter are 
much the best to angle for and are of better 
flavor. 
In lakes it prefers a muddy bottom, particu¬ 
larly near the roots of water lilies; in rivers 
it likes those parts where the stream is slow 
and stagnant, with the bottom thick in mud. 
They can readily be caught with dough, grains 
of barley or wheat, worms, maggots, wasp lar¬ 
vae and sometimes pieces of meat and fish. To 
insure the best sport when angling for carp it 
requires great preparation and care. The line 
should be entirely of medium-sized or fine 
round gut and a very light porcupine quill float 
with one good-sized shot about six inches from 
the hook which should be a No. 5 or No. 6 and 
baited with a red worm. If possible the depth 
of the water should be taken the night before 
the angler intends to fish and a quantity of 
ground bait, composed of bread kneaded into 
little balls, should be thrown in the place. Early 
in the morning and late in the evening are much 
the best time for carp fishing and the all-im¬ 
portant thing is to take especial care and keep 
out of sight as the carp is very shy. Do not 
attempt to strike until the float begins to move 
off and as the carp has a tough mouth there is 
little chance of losing him. 
AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO CATCH BASS. 
Editor Fish and Fishing; 
I thought the following way of going after, 
and, what is more, catching, the bass, both large 
and small mouth, ought to interest your read¬ 
ers. I have found it to be the real goods. The 
angled first needs two rods, one a fly or bait 
rod, the other a bait casting rod. First bait the 
fly rod with a small froggie and cast out; 25 
feet of line is about all one needs; set click and 
place rod in a convenient and safe position. 
Use the bait casting rod for casting spme semi¬ 
underwater or regular underwater. You are 
thus havng two chances to one of landing. 
After every third cast raise the fly rod to get 
Mr. Frog in motion. This two to one method 
has always been a favorite method of mine 
when after the big fellows and I generally came 
home with the bacon.—J. S. P., Marion, Ohio. 
The method described by you is also the fa¬ 
vorite of several friends of mine and like 
you, they generally “bring home the bacon.” I 
might add for the benefit of those who desire 
to try this method that if the fishing is done 
in shallow water the top water plug should be 
substituted for the semi or regular underwater 
also. If your strike is on the fly rod, take off 
click at once, as a bass drawing the line from 
the reel with the click set very often becomes 
suspicious from the vibration on the line and 
drops all interest in Mr. Frog. 
GAME CONDITIONS IN MISSOURI. 
A flight of teal already on, and the egrets are 
leaving their heronry for the South. There has 
never been si ch an excellent crop of quail 
within the last fifteen years. No rain, and the 
turkey crop good, too. J. B. T. 
Doniphan, Mo., Sept. 8, 1916. 
