Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-06-20
NEW VOL. l9---NO. AZ.


cssaycd il try at long range all of the
little pools and rifles. Send a cast wher-
ever little splash and series Of concca-
trated bubbles show that a fish Il there
after his Legitimate food. Whip the placid
places that border .he banks, for tho fish
likos to stay around bunch Of grass or
an old snag that has collected drIftwood
and weeds.
You see nice little pool ahead, AMI
YOU are certain that a threc-pounder ID
loat.ng in the vicinity. You dip the lead
Gy gently on the surface, and Instantly
Withdraw 1t. The bass sees it, and Is Oh
the lookout. Make another cast and let
fly just fit along The top Of tho water.
Then there is splash, a whir-r-r OF your
reel, and your pole bends nearly double
under the strain. Lot him 30. Keep the
line always taut, but give Mr.. Bass his
head. His mouth hurts him after he runs
little way, and he comprchends tho
strain upon it, and then he turns. Reol
in tho slack after him, quick, or he Will
shake the hook out. Humor him In his
erra,ic course, or away goes your rod-tip.
Just keep tho steady pressure on him, and
follow him about rs rapidly rs you can.
When lie wcakcns anu becomes moro
amenablo to persuasion reel him in gently,
keeping him always In hand. The first
time you get him in close he will ilnd re-
uewed life in his fright at seeing you,
and will dart away again. Never mind;
let him so, and his run will be short
oae. Bring him in again and quietly slip
your two fingers under his gills and lit
him out. All! a beauty! Three-pounder.
If he's an ounce Put him on your string
by cutting little hole through his under
jaw. DON'T run 1t through his gills, for
he will dic quickly. Lead him along
through the water after you, readjnst
your tackle and score one.
In this way you pass tho day. Some
times you get little half-pounder, who
shows no !ight. Again, there Is chance
OF getting a rise out of iiyc-pounder,
who will give an hours hard work, and
then go OFF with two flios and a six-foot
leader. The fall fish and sun perch pcstcr
you sometimes, for both Of them 60 for n
fly with the greatest ayidty. The fall
fish is full of fight at first, but soon gives
up. Tie sun perch Is never big enough
TO be q weight on the end OF the line. IL
the fish are not rising to the hy buoy
live minnow about two feet below a cork
and let your line iloat down stream. ahead
of you. When you hear from bass 3y
this method il Is usually u big fellow. Try
the katydid, or the frog also. II Is "cold
day" when his basship cannot be tempted
out of the sulks with some dainty.
A seven o'clock dinner aftor = good
days sport Is something to be desired, cs-
pccially IL clever little pounIcr Ia ready
for YOU, split down the belly and broilcd
like bay mackcrel. You carry back an
appetite tho ontcmplatiou Of which would
superlnduce vcrdant hues of envy OH tho
face of tho sybaritc and cpicurc. a rsshcr
of bacon, some scrambled eggs and good
old corn-ponc arc accessories TO such ro-
past that are not to bc sneezcd at.
Snch arc the delights Of bass fishing un-
known to the "dibber" on the bank or
the fellow who stretches a limo across
stream, barbed with thousand hooks and
baitcd with minnows, and then runs back
and forth aud takes of tho fish N they get
hung On the Potomac, however, this
last species of amusement has become an
industry through which the black bass Is
becoming better known here rs tablo
fish. There are few who cat 1t who do
not wish to rcnow tho acquaintance
Bahimorc Sun.