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SHERIDAN R. JONES 
Fishing Editor of Outers’-Recreation, 
says in their April issue: 








‘“Thanks to the inventive genius of one of 
our American manufacturers we now have a 
barpless hook, a penetrating barbless hook, 
a holding barbless hook, that asks no odds 
of any barb in matters of staying ‘put’ 
where it belongs. And best of all, it is 
humane. Its injury is no more than that of 
a needle prick. A firm grasp on the shank 
releases the fish hooked for sport, but the 
‘hump’ holds the two-pounder destined for 
the pan. We have a penchant for the orig- 
inal, hence we doff our cap to the inventor of 
the modern sportsman’s hook—the hook 
barbed with a hump.” 
THE JAMISON 
BARBLESS HOOK 
Holds the Big Ones—Does Not 
Injure Little Ones 








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*Brown Hackle *Professor 
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*Coachman Queen of Waters 
*Cowdung Red Ant 
Evening Dun Red Ibis 
Ginger Quill *Reuben Wood 

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*Also in Dry Fly, no gut, $2.50 doz. 




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Coachman McGinty 
Col. Fuller Red Ibis 
Montreal White Miller 
Par. Belle Yellow May 
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Price 35c each, $4.20 doz. 
Send for the proof in interesting testimonial 
letters from such nationally known author- 
ities as Dr. Jas. A. Henshall, Will H. Dilg, 
Fred N. Peet, Edw. G. Taylor, Bob Becker, 
Sheridan R. Jones, O. W. Smith, Robert 
Page Lincoln, ‘‘Wisconsin Cal’? Johnson. 
“Ozark Ripley,’’ Frank Stick, and others. 
Catalog of Barbless Flies, and Hooks, 
Shannon Twin Spinners, Coaxer 
Baits, Silk Casting Lines, etc. 
THE W. J. JAMISON CO. 
a 
California 
Ave. 













The 
Inventor 
“Bill’’ 
Jamison 
lx writing to Advertisers mention Forest und Stream 
| the line in short order. 


right size to play on that rod. We got 
two pickerel, one bass and about a 
dozen perch before we left there. Then 
we trolled to another place, where we 
got several more perch, three bass and 
_two pickerel. After that the Judge said, 
“T’ll have to believe anything from now 
” 
. 
on 
Leaving this place, we went straight 
to the bay. Here we anchored. We— 
or rather I—got three pickerel and one 
bass. They both lost fish owing to the 
fact they did not give them time to turn 
and swallow the bait. The Judge lost 
one which was hooked well enough to 
hold but escaped on account of his go- 
ing around the anchor rope. He was 
not accustomed to such things; he broke 
After this we 
trolled, and Mr. Childs got a pickerel 
of about four pounds. 
ERNEST G. BABCOCK, 
Battle Creek, Mich. 
The Plug in Florida Waters 
DEAR FOREST AND STREAM: 
| N OT having had the pleasure of con- 
tributing a letter of your depart- 
ment and feeling that I* owe one “in 
exchange for the pleasure I have re- 
ceived from reading other letters 
written by fraternity brothers of the 
“rod and gun,” I hereby submit a few 
| lines. 
Some of our old time fishermen are 
rather inclined to laugh up their 
sleeves at mention of the wooden min- 
now. I have.encountered several who 
even scoff at the idea. 
When still a lad, thanks to a most 
ardent follower of Sir Izaak (God rest 
his soul, which has long since passed 
beyond; were this a story I would 
dedicate it to him), I was taught the 
art of casting with a short bamboo. . 
The lessons took place in the back yard, 
the casting weight a lead sinker, and 
the target a pear tree. 
Our local waters were much fished 
with the result that live bait was about 
the only tidbit that a bass would ac- 
cept. Perhaps that accounts for some 
of the pessimism of the old river fisher- 
/ men. 
My first trip was a canoe cruise in 
the Adirondacks and there I learned 
‘the value of the plug. I laugh when 
I think of it. Boylike, I purchased a 
green and white combination costing 
about fifteen cents at the time. I con- 
sidered that one would be sufficient as 
we were traveling light. “Take only 
what you need and be sure to need 
very little’ had always been drilled 
into me. 
The others in the party had great 
fun over my plug, calling it a wooden 
fish and asking me “was I afraid to 
use it because I might hurt myself?” 
True, I did not fish any at the start, 
the trip being quite strenuous and my 
ft will identify you. 
sunburn anything but comforting. I 
laughed last, however, before the trip 
ended. 
My first bass caught on a plug was 
just at twilight on the Racquette River. 
Standing on a boulder, I cast just 
twice before I had a strike. The thrill 
of that first strike will never be for- 
gotten. I reeled in almost unbelieving. 
The bass weighed only a pound but 
that didn’t matter. Gone was any 
doubt as to the practical usage of my 
plug. 
The boys used grasshoppers and 
caught perch. I continued to cast and 
caught more bass. They wanted to try 
my plug but they couldn’t cast. There 
were several sheepish looking faces 
gathered around the board while my 
bass were being devoured for break- 
fast. 
I fear I have deviated from my title, 
“The Plug in Florida Waters,” but I 
couldn’t help it. When old memories 
come stealing back it is mighty hard 
to control the pen. 
The State of Florida contains many | 
lakes, large and small, also not a few 
rivers, all abounding in the black bass, 
or trout, as the Floridans persist in 
calling them. The fish is a cousin to 
our northern bass, minus the same 
fighting instincts. He is a good fighter, 
however, but not “inch for inch the 
gamest.” 
For myself, I prefer a bait with as 
few hooks as possible, such as the 
Oriental wiggler, a pork rind combina- 
tion. The single hook does not mutilate 
the mouth of the fish and he is more 
apt to live when thrown back. A 
fisherman here always throws the small 
ones back, keeping the larger fish of 
his catch. He is always sure of large 
fish as the Florida bass run big, a six 
or eight pounder being quite common. 
In the vicinity of Lake Ocheechobee a 
catch of sixty or seventy averaging 
two pounds weight is not an unusual 
occurence. 
The plug, I am sure, is here to stay 
and I would suggest that any one in 
doubt as to its quality as a bait should 
give it a fair trial and with a little 
patience he will be convinced. Even 
the old, faithful “garden hackle” some- 
times fails to bring home the bacon. 
I have noticed in your ad section 
that barbless flies are now on the 
market and think it a great improve- 
ment on the old method. When the 
fates decree that I return to my favor- 
ite streams where lurk the speckled 
denizens of the deep, another fish not 
to be sneezed Jat, my old fly book will 
carry an entire new stock. But here— 
I am getting away from plugs and bass 
and also taking up too much of some- 
body’s time. Give the other fellow a 
chance. 
Ray H. ForseEs, 
Clearwater, Fla. 
Page 344 
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