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In writing to Advertisers mention Forest and Stream. 

the wonder and surprise of his live 
minnow fishing companions. I myself 
got several on a sunken artificial 
cricket, a bait which under ordinary 
conditions should only succeed when 
played on the surface. Several of the 
anglers inquired what bait got such re- 
sults, but the fellow refused to divulge 
his secret. I paddled up, determined 
to watch and get information and found 
he was using one of my own inven- 
tions, though he was ignorant who was 
the inquisitive person, and he remained 
so. 
Lake fishing abounds in such unusual 
and seemingly impossible situations, 
and so far as I can see the only solu- 
tion of the problem is that of trout 
food, which is the sole cause of the 
difficulty, not only in lakes but also in 
rivers. Another similar example is 
that of a wealthy owner of a large 
Adirondack estate comprising two fine 
big lakes regularly stocked by a private 
hatchery with millions of brook trout 
and landlocked salmon. The owner was 
much perturbed because his guests 
failed to get fish on flies, worms or min- 
nows. I suggested his men scrape up 
a bucket of bottom mud, which they 
did, among which was found quantities 
of fat white creepers about one inch 
long. These were impaled alive and 
kicking most actively, then were cast. 
out and sunk to the lake bed where 
they were instantly seized by various 
salmon and trout from ten to fifteen 
inches long, sometimes near the bottom 
and several in midwater. The difficult 
problem was solved, as usual by giving 
both salmon and trout the precise food 
of their accustomed diet, and I firmly 
believe an artificial imitation would be 
equally successful if played to move like 
the natural creeper. 
That is why lake fishing is so wide 
and varied a problem that each locality, 
each lake is essentially a subject of 
deep study before we can overcome the 
many obstacles that face every angler 
in new and unfamiliar water. In by- 
gone days, the angler would try flies 
first, then turn to worms and minnows. 
If these failed he would go home, rest 
contented that everything possible had 
been done. But in these more advanced 
times we have learned new methods and 
ideas, how best to approach and over- 
come the trials that so often confront 
us. We take care to provide ourselves 
with a large assortment: of alluring 
baits. From many different regions 
anglers tell of success in lake fishing 
by the use of live dragon flies, bumble 
bees, small red and black newts, those 
everpresent swimmers with short legs 
and long tail. Others try and get suc- 
cess with small crawfish, helgramites, 
grasshoppers and crickets, all of which 
fortunately can now be procured made 
in artificial lures copied exactly from 
nature. 
It will identify you, 

Bass and Flies 
(Continued from page 525) 
Montreal and Invincible on No. 6 and 
Seth Green, McGinty, Reub Wood and 
Montreal on No. 4 you may take your 
fly rod and flies to fish for bass on lake 
or river and if confidence and desire 
are with you, you will get bass. 
Perhaps you thought the Pale Even- 
ing Dun a trout fly. Surely it is and a 
good one. 
flies you can try. The No. 6 is carried 
in stock by one tackle store I know and 
maybe by others. It is tied dry with 
the gray wings and pale yellow body 
and light gray hackle. In July and 
August when the natural flies are 
hatching they are fully as large as the 
No. 6 and no court would issue an in- 
junction restraining you from using a 
Pale Evening Dun. 
I have caught a bass on a No. 6 Pale 
Evening Dun fished dry when a hatch 
was on and then put on a No. 6 and 
fished it wet and never found a time 
when bass prefer the floating dry fly. 
If you ever do I would like to hear of 
your experience. 
You may select six patterns of flies 
other than the ones mentioned as my 
favorites. Queen, Professor, Brown 
Hackle, Wickham’s Fancy and others 
have taken bass for me and the Par- 
macheene Belle may bring a bass to 
the 
sombre colored fly has failed. 
It is also one of the best bass. 
surface of deep water when a 
There are many lures for bass, you 
know how varied they are, and they too 
will catch bass. 
But it is to the fly 
purist that I mention these stepping 
stones to fulfillment of desire. 
Bass eat small things and large and 
therefore see everything. You too, if 
looking for a small object, may see it 
readily. At night observe a small leaf 
on a tree against a starry sky. Look © 
away then at it again and it is easily 
seen. 
A friend of mine in Tennessee 
fishes with the tiniest flies for trout in 
very clear water. There are bass in 
the stream also. Last summer he landed 
a good bass on a fly smaller than No. 
12 and hooked another larger bass, but 
the leader broke. 
Choose a day, if you can, when a whis- 
pering breeze from the south foretells 
rain and soft gray clouds at times ob- 
scure the sun. Your best fishing may 
be from 10 A. M. to 3 P. M., but on 
most days, evening is the best time to 
take bass with your flies. After a rain 
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