lows that don’t get Forest AND STREAM 
for 36 months at $4.50 don’t know a 
good thing when they see it. 
TED KLINGEL, 
Buffalo, N. Y. 
My Bass Stream 
(Continued from page 681) 
was. I had forgotten my old friend in 
the years that I was away at. school, 
but when I had more leisure I was 
drawn back to it as if by a magnet. 
Many an afternoon or day I spent 
since then on its banks and I laugh si- 
lently to myself as the thought comes 
to me of some I know who have trav- 
eled hither and yon for what was, if 
they only knew it, within their easy 
reach. These have made elaborate 
preparations for a fishing trip into the 
wilds of some state, hiring a guide, 
picking out fancy flies and lures for 
those “read about and talked about’ 
famous streams. I have been on just 
such trips myself, have enjoyed them 
or have been disappointed and always 
I come back for pure enjoyment and 
with relief to this stream of mine. 
With such a stream close at hand I 
can slip out quietly to try my luck any 
afternoon in season, never caring if 
my basket is light and empty after 
such a short trip. 
HERE are times that the bass will 
not rise for days, and then sud- 
denly, for no reason at all, that they 
will rise eagerly to fly, frog, or grass- 
hopper. All the fruitless casting of 
other days is forgotten and put aside 
as of no consequence. Such strikes are 
worth days of expectation and count- 
less toil. 
There is nothing elaborate about my 
trips: a rod, a basket and a frog box, 
a snack to eat and that is all, unless 
possibly I take a fly or two, but the. 
bass do not rise often to a fly and I 
prefer live bait. Early in the Fall, 
grasshoppers are very tempting bait, 
but they are hard fellows to capture, 
and are almost as much fun to catch 
as the fish. The real sport of the day 
begins when I climb over a fence into 
a field and give chase to the winged 
hoppers. One thinks one has one, when 
pop! it is over there ten feet away. 
They lead one a lively chase and are 
only safe when stuffed into the box and 
then the little fellows seem to take 
great delight in either losing their legs 
or in having them pulled off by their 
neighbors in their close quarters inside 
the tin: 
UT I prefer small frogs for the 
most killing bait, that proving the 
most successful means in getting the 
bass to strike or in getting a big fel- 
low late in the afternoon. The big 
ones seem to be greedy for them, where 
a grasshopper has no effect, besides 
In writing to Advertisers mention Forest and Stream. 
there are so many sunfish that the 
grasshopper has little chance of sur- 
viving long and is grabbed off almost 
at once if allowed to rest long in one 
spot. Once in a while, about once a 
year, as I have found it, I have caught 
the bass rising and jumping for flies, 
and then is the time that a fly gets in 
its good work, but as a rule still-fishing 
is the only way to catch them napping. 
No wonder I feel peaceful and at 
ease with all the world as | ponder and 
enjoy in my mind all the days of plea- 
sure that I have had along these banks, 
and as [ ponder the sun has nearly 
reached the horizon, and 1f I am to try 
for that big fellow that I know is in 
the large pool around the next bend, I 
must be up and doing. For now, as 
I have found it, is the magic hour for 
bass fishing, the hour before and after 
sunset! 
“Principally Grouse” 
(Continued from page 656) 
wizard with woodcock and jacksnipe. 
His accounts of his grouse shooting ex- 
periences are always tinged with frank 
unhappiness and disgust—some of it 
directed at the bird, but more at his 
own inability to hit them. Such is the 
damaging influence of this bird that I 
have known good men after a _ bad 
morning with Sir Ruffs to sit down and 
descant vigorously upon the sport, end- 
ing with a solemn vow never to under- 
take it again. But they always are 
back on the job right after lunch. No 
sport is more fascinating; none re- 
quires greater skill; and nothing in 
the small game calendar requires more 
of its votaries in the way of physical 
endurance nor offers so fair and savory 
a prize for those who persist. Long 
live Sir Ruffs! More power to his 
pinions! 
A Mixed Bag 
(Continued from page 645) 
a few of the conditions which may 
largely affect our success in finding 
game. A mild gray day, with light 
clouds, now and then a peep of sun- 
shine and a gentle southerly breeze is 
hard to improve upon in the late au- 
tumn. Dry, cold winds from the north 
are the very worst both for scenting 
condition or for finding birds. 
N such weather they move about but 
little, generally clinging to the cover 
of thick brier patches or overgrown 
hedge rows. But in any case, always 
try to help your dogs by so planning 
your line of march that they will hunt 
up or at least across the wind. By do- 
ing this you increase the scope of their 
scenting powers and make nature as- 
sist their efforts rather than by hunt- 
ing down wind, run the risk of your 
It will identify you. 

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