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FOREST AND STREAM 
July, 1918 
HERE’S A TREAT FOR ANGLERS 
NESSMUK FISHING EQUIPMENT 
TRADE MARK—REGISTERED. 
We have obtained the exclusive right to market the articles of Fishing Tackle recommended by the famous 
"NESSMUK" in his book on "WOODCRAFT"—a new edition of which is being published this year, and which we are 
in a position to furnish at the publisher's price of $1.00 We give herewith a description of articles now available. We 
shall add to these articles, as market conditions permit, other equipment he recommends that are not included now. 
Anglers will find all goods under the "NESSMUK" Trade Mark are the very best obtainable at the prices and that they 
are particularly effective and useful for the different purposes for which they are made. 
TRADE mark—registered. 
SPLIT BAMBOO RODS. 
Semi-handmade of Extra Selected Imported Bamboo—of which, only the hard resilient outside fibre is used. 
Special attention has been paid to attain proper action and power in these Bods. All metal parts are of 18 % 
Nickel Silver, and the ferrules are hand-welded. The handle is made of solid cork rings. Each Rod has an extra tip 
and is put up in a cloth covered wood form and bag. The "Nessmuk” Rods are wound by hand. Of mottled black 
and white silk, tipped with green, and finished with several coats of Special Rod Varnish. 
"Nessmuk” Rods are made in four patterns. 
No. N. T. L. Light Fly—length. 8% ft.; weight, about 4% oz.—For Trout Brook Angling. 
No. N. T. H. Heavy Fly—length, 9% ft; weight, about 5% oz.—For Trout Lake and for Black Bass. 
No. N. B. Bait Bod—length. 7t4 ft.; weight, about 7% oz.—For Trolling and Stillfishing. 
No. N. B. C. Bait Caster—length. 5% ft; weight, about 5V& oz.—Made in the short butt, long tip style with Agate 1st 
Guide and Tips. 
$10.00 Each. 
TRADE MARK—REGISTERED. 
BUCKTAIL SPINNERS. 
For Ah Game Fish. 
Made of Untrimmed Bucktail Hair (when trimmed, Bucktail loses half its effectiveness, as the wiry, crawly, thin 
end of the hair is gone). Bucktail Hair is superior to any other material for the making of lures of this type. This, 
for the reason that when wet the hairs spread, wiggle and look more life-like than is the case with hairs from the 
labbit, squirrel and other animals, or even than feathers. These substitutes invariably mat and appear dull and lifeless 
the moment they become wet; while on the other hand the Bucktail Hair is just the reverse—it does not look so well 
when dry, but when in the water has the proper, real life-like effect; and after all, it is the appearance of the lure in 
the water that counts. Aside from the greater luring qualities of the Bucktail Hair, this type of bait possesses greater 
durability and can stand the wear and tear of hard, continuous work far better than feathers, etc. Finished off at the 
•op with a little gold plated metal Spinner which adds considerably to the attractiveness of the Bait. 
MADE IN 
MADE IN THREE STYLES. 
Brown—Hair Wings with Red Silk Body. 
Grayish—Hair Wings with Yellow Silk Body, 
blackish—Hair Wings with Yellow Silk Body. 
TWO SIZES. 
SPECIAL PATTERNS TO ORDER. 
Bass—on Size 1/0 O'Shaughnessy Hooks. 
each . 50c. 
Trout—on Size 6 O'Shaughnessy Hooks, 
each ... 40c. 
Nessmuk 
FROG GANG. 
TRADE MARK—REGISTERED. 
Made of Highest Quality Imported Hand Filed Hollow Point Sproat Hooks, and Best Double Imported Selected 
Spanish Gut. 
Lower Hook, Size 1/0; center Hook. Size 1, placed 1 inch above the lower one and at right angle to same; top 
Hook, a small lip Hook.each 30c. 
WILLIAM MILLS 
21 PARK PLACE 
& SON 
NEW YORK CITY 
e PRESH Ara RETREAT on your lawn and a LUXURY In the 
esigned especially for sleeping and living in the open 
OPEN to the AIR as an UMBRELLA but INSTANTLY closed 
weather tight or just partly. Lets the air in but 
KEEPS the insects out. Easily erected or quickly 
COLLAPSED and rolled into bundles without the 
removal of a bolt or the use of a TOOL. 
Why swelter under HOT roofs when the 
Close-To-Nature houses are os cool as 
the atmosphere. Eight Raizes to meet all re¬ 
quirements. Send for Illustrated catalog. 
CLOSE-TO-NATURE COMPANY 
FRONT ST. COLFAX- IOWA 
Fishing Tackle 
Deal direct with 
the manufacturer 
Since 1S67 we have made and 
sold Fishing Tackle. All our 
energies have gone into this 
work for over fifty years and 
to-day our rods and reels are as perfect as the 
best material and the most skilled workmen can 
make them. The difference .in material and work¬ 
manship are so easily disguised that even an ex¬ 
pert is at times deceived. Better Tackle here for 
your money no matter what price Tackle you buy. 
i/8-Page Catalog Sent on Request. 
Edward vom Hof e & Company 
106 Fulton St. New York City 
ANGLING FOR BASS 
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I T is a mistaken belief that fish cease 
feeding at sundown. This idea must 
have been gotten from the fact that if 
man goes to bed so go the fish to bed. 
The truth of the matter is that fish feed 
at their best from six o’clock in the even¬ 
ing to twelve, midnight. As my good 
friend, Robert H. Davis, who heads thfc 
Munsey string of magazines, said to me: 
‘ Sure, I do most of my bass fishing 
at night —the darker the better. It makes 
no difference what color the bait is. The 
big ones take the plugs best after dark. 
I have caught three, four and five-pound 
fish at night on the lakes where I could 
never take them over two and a half or 
three pounds in the daytime. I think they 
have got an idea that they are protecting 
the smaller ones under the cover of dark¬ 
ness and for that reason they are braver; 
or else, perhaps, like the human family, 
the sports are out after sunset.” 
Mr. Davis has success using any kind of 
an artificial minnow. On the other hand 
the real, true success for night fishing is 
the so-called phosphorescent or luminous 
bait. This is treated to a radiant coat¬ 
ing. When ready to go out fishing, you 
simply hold this bait before a light for 
five or ten minutes; this acts upon the 
sensitive coating and in the water it gives 
off a ghostly glow that is indeed not only 
fascinating and mysterious, but a deadly 
lure. The bass seemingly cannot resist 
hitting it. These moonlight glowers comes 
in the three forms, the underwater, the 
surface lure and the wobbler. The last 
two are the best, the wobbler taking the 
lead because it creates an eccentric move¬ 
ment in the water. To have missed the 
night fishing is indeed to have missed some 
of the best sport that the field ^olds open 
to you. Fish along the sides 01 the pads, 
and in and arpund the obstructions. Go 
with caution, needless to say. Have, a 
lantern in the boat so that you can see 
to untangle a backlash if you get one. 
Here is where the reels with speed retard¬ 
ers (fitted internally), or a reel with a wire 
in front to take away the nuisance of a 
backlash come in handy, to say the least. 
The reel for bait casting should be a 
quadruple multiplying one, and it should 
have (which is generally not mentioned) 
a long barrel. A reel with cramped quar¬ 
ters hinders in even spooling of the line 
and lays one in the road of a backlash 
three times easier than if the reel has a 
long barrel. The so-called roo-yd. reel is 
a commendable size, but do not believe 
for one minute that the one hundred yard 
reel holds that much line. If it holds 
eighty yards it is doing well. Just why 
manufacturers will put ioo yards on a 
sixty or eighty yard reel I do not know. 
Here is something you are never told to 
do: Build a core out of cheap line on the 
barrel; then hitch the silk line to that. 
The line should quite fill the reel but by 
no matter of means so that the line touches 
the reel pillars, or cross-bars as some call 
them. What is the reason of bringing the 
line up? Simply that your casting ability 
is doubled, for you can thus put out more 
line to cast than if the line is deep down 
in the reel. If you study the scientific 
