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FOREST AND 
S T R E A M 
December, 1917 
PINEHURST CAROLINA 
The Recreation Center of the United States 
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Trapshooting f^/ovid 
Rifle Range ^mf'Xkie^ 
Splendid roads 
from all points. 
Motoring 
Excellent boarding school for boys near Pinehurst 
Through Pullman Service via Seaboard Air Line Railway. 
Send for illustrated literature on all sports. 
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1 A game 
fish are hooked on 
Dowagiac” Minnows 
than on any three other 
makes of lure. In fact the, 
standard recipe for good 
fishing is “A ‘Dowagiac’^ 
Rod, a ‘Dowagiac’ Reel 
and a .pinch of 
‘Dowagiac’ Min¬ 
nows; use freely 
1 on any lake or MllfW Send 
stream. Catalog 
The new Heddoo book Is a dandy. Write fol 
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WANTED 
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(Small Mouth) 
500 1 lb. Each 
or Larger 
Blooming Grove Club 
220 Broadway, N. Y. 
$2.00 to $5.00 Paid for Hundreds of Coins 
Dated Before 1895 
Keep all your old money and 
send 10c. for New Illustrated 
Coin Value Book, size 4x7. 
You may have coins worth 
nany dollars premium. Get posted. 
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BLUEF1SH—BRIGANDS 
OF THE SEA 
(continued from page 599) 
made with the squid than in bait fishing as 
the air resistance is much less. Two hun¬ 
dred and fifty feet is a good cast and it re¬ 
quires the hand of experience to accom¬ 
plish that. When the squid is well out the 
reel is rapidly revolved, bringing the lure 
in shoreward. If properly done it runs 
near the surface and when Bluefish are on 
the feed it is a most effective method of 
capture. But the shock of the strike is 
something of a character, as the swiftness 
of this fish is something marvelous, and it 
is easy to see that with the lure running 
rapidly in one direction and the fish mov¬ 
ing with rapidity of light in another 
how great the shock. No wonder that 
broken rods are in order during the sea¬ 
son, and that parted lines are a continual 
bane to those who are not just up to the 
line of perfect knowledge of the sport. 
There is one trick which the Bluefish prac¬ 
tice which is worthy of mention. When 
all efforts to dislodge the squid by plung¬ 
ing and shaking the head have failed he 
will frequently rush shoreward until a con¬ 
siderable slack is given to the line, then 
suddenly reversing will either very often 
snap the line or tear away a portion of the 
jaw, leaving it impaled on the hook. And 
when at last made captive he is not sub¬ 
dued as his formidable teeth are ready to 
work havoc to the hands of the fisherman 
unless watchfulness is observed. 
In summarizing it is safe to assume that 
there is no fish more sought after either 
as a table luxury or as a delight to the 
devotee of the rod and reel. 
COMMUNICATED 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
I am sending 3^ou under separate cover 
by parcel post a root and branch of the 
plant smellage that I have seen so many 
inquiries about in the good old book 
Forest and Stream. If you should care to 
send it to the brother who is interested 
you can assure him that it is what he wants 
and if he cares for it, it will surely grow 
and make a large plant. I have known of 
it since I was a small boy. Also tell him 
I know of several old fishermen who use 
oil of anise on their bait with good results. 
I have been a constant reader and sub¬ 
scriber of our good old magazine for 
many years and I am greatly interested in 
the sayings of the brothers. The discus¬ 
sions which arise in relation to various sub¬ 
jects are of keen interest to me and, I am 
sure, to many others of your family of 
readers. 
P. H. Laire, Conn. 
[The Editors wish to express their 
thanks to the readers who have taken the 
trouble to communicate information upon 
this question, and to thank them for their 
kind interest in Forest and Stream and 
its family of readers.] 
