September, 1918 
FOREST AND 
STREAM 
557 
the boat being rowed up and down the river 
that scares the big fellow. He has watched 
your boat pass, perhaps for several sea¬ 
son's. and he knows from experience it 
means danger, consequently he follows the 
advice given in the early stages of the war 
about “keeping one’s mouth shut.” But 
let a good big frog or a lively kicking min¬ 
now go past his front door, without any 
boat appearing in the neighborhood, and 
he will soon make things interesting. If 
the pike is not at home, you will most 
likely get that old bass by this trick, that 
you have been after for some years; he 
too, knows the danger of your boat, and 
has gone into his concrete dugout as soon 
as ever he has seen it. However, let the 
bait float down naturally with the current, 
without any signs of the enemy, and see 
what will happen. 
YOUR FRIEND 
THE FROG 
(continued from tage 535) 
hinged, top makes it convenient to open 
and clean. In the top a hole about the 
size an ordinary bait frog needs for in¬ 
gress or egress should be made and over 
this a sliding cover should be fixed. A 
handle makes the box comfortable to carry 
and does away with the necessity for lug¬ 
ging it under your arm, where the frogs 
are kept jouncing about from the move¬ 
ment of j r our body and often overheat if 
you carry them so a long distance. 
The brass wire cloth is used for screens 
at the ends of the box because if you have 
to keep the frogs several days and nights, 
as is often the case, mosquitoes will swarm 
onto them through ordinary coarse wire 
or thread netting. The merry, leaping bait 
that 3‘ou depended on will lose vitality rap¬ 
idly if left to the mercy of these pests, 
cooped up in their little prison from which 
they can not escape persecution, as they 
can at night when at liberty by buying 
themselves in the ooze or hiding under 
bark, boards, stones or in the water’s edge. 
W HEN you arrive where the frogs 
are, do not try to catch all the frogs 
at once. In other words, start after 
one frog and get him, forgetting all the 
others. If you do not, 3'ou will chase now 
one, now another, and end up by scaring 
all the frogs in a given place into hiding 
and get only a few—perhaps none. 
Keep the box in your left hand, holding 
it by the handle. With the net held ready 
advance slowly along the margin of the 
water, about two or three feet from its 
edge. When you see a frog, push the net 
forward slowly and clap it down about its 
width AHEAD of where 3 r our eyes tell you 
the frog is. He will leap forward nine 
times out of ten, when he sees the net 
coming and by “holding ahead,” you bag 
him, as a grouse hunter does his bird. 
The frog once under the net, hold him 
firmly, set down the box, work 3-our hands 
up the net handle careful^ until you are 
over the net and then, having seen the 
victim, put 3‘our hand on him without rais¬ 
ing the net and then reach under with the 
other hand and take him carefully out, 
back to the box and pop him in the hole 
and then push the little slide cover. To 
take frogs out, push back the slide and 
HERE’S A TREAT FOR ANGLERS 
NESSMUK FISHING EQUIPMENT 
Nessmuk 
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We have obtained the exclusive right to market the Fishing Tackle 
recommended by “NESSMUK” in his book on “WOODCRAFT”— 
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SPLIT BAMBOO RODS 
Semi-handmade of Selected Imported Bamboo. Eacli Rod lias an extra tip and Is put up in a cloth covered wood 
form and bag. Rods are wound by hand and finished with several coats of Special Rod Varnish. Made In four patterns. 
No. N. T. L. Light Fly—length, 8V-> ft.; weight, about 4% oz .—For Trout Brook Angling. 
No. N. T. H. Heavy Fly—length, 834 ft.; weight, about 5% oz.—For Trout Lake and for Black Bass. 
No. N. B. Bait Rod—length, 732 ft,; weight, about 734 oz.—For Trolling and Stillflshing. 
No. N. B. C. Bait Caster—length, 534 ft.; about 534 oz.—Short butt, long tip with Agate 1st Guido and Tips. 
$12.00 Each. 
BUCKTAIL SPINNERS—For All Game Fish 
Made of Untrimmed Bucktail Hair, superior to any other material for the making of lures of this type. Finished at 
the top with a little gold plated metal Spinner which adds considerably to the attractiveness of the Bait. 
MADE IN THREE STYLES. TWO SIZES. 
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SPECIAL PATTERNS TO ORDIR. 
Bass—on Sizes 1/0 O'Shaughnessy Hooks, each. 50c. 
Trout—on Size 0 O'Shaughnessy Hooks, each. 40c. 
FROG GANG 
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 
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Abbey & Imbrie 
Abbey & imbrie tackle is the 
embodiment of a sympathetic 
and authoritative craftsmanship 
evolved with scrupulous care 
through many years by experts 
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It is this ideal, interpreted by 
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Our 1918 catalog, a book to be treasured 
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ABBEY & IMBRIE 
Division of 
BAKER. MURRAY & IMBRIE. Inc. 
15-17 Warren Street, New York 
Tarpon, Channel Bass and Kingfish 
Are at home in the St. Lucie Tide Water 
and Adjacent Ocean near the Celebrated 
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years the Every-Winter-Home of many 
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This Coventry Hotel, completely fur¬ 
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Term to begin October 1st, 1918. 
A Home Resort for those who match 
their skill with The Silver King, Thu 
Black Sea Bass, The Channel Bass, The 
Sea Trout, The Albicore and The King- 
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For terms of lease, call on or address 
owner’s agent. 
W. F. RIGHTMIRE, 
Stuart, Florida. 
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An all aluminum pocketpiece about 
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Insures Good Pictures 
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Manufacturers 
10 S. La Salle St. CHICAGO, ILL. 
MUSICAL KAZOO 
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NEW BOOK ON ROPE SPLICING 
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Department 715 
54 W. LAKE ST. CHICAGO 
