Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-07-25

party. yet knows nothing about the
sport, can take few hints with glad
ness. If his nearby stream is a river
or big lake he can safely count upon
catching everything. All fish run in
large streams. He can catch what he
pleases by altering his bait and his
fishing apparatus.
Perhaps the fish he can aim at easiest
are catfesh. Catfish parties are very
popular among knowing amateurs be-
cause they are so sure to be caught.
Fishing off pier is good thing for
the amateur who wants TO try his luck
and bring home catfish or two. These
fish hover around the tall wooden
spiles and lie close in the cool depths.
They swim pretty near the bottom yet
not right on the bed of the river. Tie
your sinker eight inches from your
hook and lower until you touch bot
tom, then wait for bite. Use medium
sized hooks and bait with fish-worms.
Three hooks, each upon eight-inch
strings, make very acceptable bait
for catfish.
Parties that go out fishing usually
provide themselves with rod and reel.
This is very nice if you know how TO
cast the fly without frightening the
fish. At a certain very prolific fishing
pier of Coney Island few weeks ago
not a fish was caught because Of the
awkward attempts of man with rod
and reel. The whizz and whirr fright
ened away all the fish that usaully
swan around that pier.
Black bass parties are mighty inter-
esting the middle of July. The water
is warm then, and the black bass come
out to see the world. They are slug
gish fish and will not bite unless the
sun shines. Choose, shrimps for your
bait, place them in wooden box and
feat the box in the water TO keep the
shrimps alive. Sink your line deep,
for black bass like deep streams-and
fish. You will catch black bass enough
if you have chosen the right spot. If
you mean business go out in a rowboat,
anchor in the broiling sun and lie still,
tossed by the waves.
AS two-thirds of the members Of the
fishing party will be provided with a
new-fangled reel, you will want to be
able to give exhibitions in casting the
fly. Remember that the rod and reel
are splendid things-in fact, the only
real way to fish; but you must know
how to cast off or you can't succeed.
A good rule is this: Unwind the cord
twice the length of the rod. Elevate
the end of the rod to point twice your
height and we'll in front of you. Now
grasp the rod firmly and give a quick
backward motion as though going to
hoo 81 with q
whirr il will fly up in the air. Quick
as lightning cast the end Of the rod
forward and throw, aiming at a point
200 feet out and ten feet above the
water.
Of coure, your fly falls short Of the
mark, but it is carried long way out.
When casting, have point in view ten
feet above the water. Try to hit this
point. The result will be that the fly
will settle quickly and easily in the
water, without disturbing the stream
more than a common insect would do.
1t settles upon the water and you wait
for your prey.
The rule for fishing is to give quick
Jerk as soon as you feel bite. But
more fish are lost this way, old salts
claim, than are lost by all the talking.
When the old sea salt feels bite he
keeps deathly still. Soon his fish hav-
ing nibbed the edge of the bait, swal-
lows it at one gulp and is tugging at
the line. He has Caught" himself,
willing victim. If the line were quick
" jerked, the old salts say, the bait
would be pulled away and the suspic-
ions of the fish aroused.
For fishing off a long bridge for por-