
if the water becomes a bit roiled the 
bass roam about to see what is coming 
downstream, regardless of the time of 
day. 
While fishing the past few years 
under the self-imposed restrictions of 
using no fly for bass larger than a 
number four, the memory is vivid of 
an hour of the “fishiest fishin” I ever 
had with bass. And they were all taken 
on a 1/0 Professor. It is not told to 
brag. A man can take one or two good 
bass and exhibit better craft than was 
necessary that evening, for you see 
those bass wanted to be caught. 
Crowded each other to get the big Pro- 
fessor. A friend and I had cast our 
flies all day on the Flat River in Michi- 
gan. Only two bass were in our baskets 
when we reached the place to get out 
of the river where our horse and buggy 
(do you remember those things) were 
waiting to take us five miles to the 
train. 
We figured one hour more could be) 
spent and that would still give us time 
to meet our train. My friend went to 
see about the horse and I started cast- 
ing at the head of a long deep run of 
water on a bend in the river. The bass 
were out to feed. In one hour ten bass, 
the smallest being a two pounder and 
the largest weighing 3% pounds, filled 
my basket and two or three were on 
an improvised stringer. 
With such a memory you think a man 
would forever swear by a 1/0 Profes- 
sor, but I feel sure, in the light of 
later experiences, that a No. 4 would 
have been just as eagerly crowded for. 
Fish when feeding are very much like 
chickens doing the same stunt. Toss a 
piece of beef as big as your little finger 
to a flock of chickens and they are no 
more eager to get it than if the same 
piece should be cut into six or ten bits. 
A chicken chases a big grasshopper and 
when that is caught goes on to pick up 
a tiny insect. And a number six or 
four fly seems to me to be more readily 
mistaken for something good to eat than 
a 1/0 fiy. 
Making little covenants with one’s 
self and fulfilling them may be only one 
way of being peculiar. But to fish your 
own chosen way and thoroughly enjoy 
it—that’s the way to go fishing. 
I have said to myself that any fish 
that will take a fly is good enough for 
me to fish for and to eat. I have 
nearly had to eat several garfish—called 
billfish in some localities—but though 
they rise and grab your fly their bony 
mouth resisted my hardest strike and 
I never had to eat one. 
Rock bass are little fishes that some- 
times are particular about the flies you 
cast. If you want a few for the pan, 
No. 6 flies are a good size and the pat- 
terns mentioned for black bass are 
good. 
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