The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-20
STUDY THE WHY BASS.
naunts and Itis Habits Must he Known
by Those Who Would Land Him.

kSowlroN, Quebec, July 10 Bass fishers
soon learn that knowing where 10 get
en- make. all the difference IA the world.
You must know where the feb lie 10 be
successful. In lakcs bass are often to
bs seen. and are sometlmes to he caught.
on shelving sandy beaches, where they
appear TO ENJOY Longing about IN sunny
weather. In our lake. dfoves 81 hundreds,
varying In size from -four inches up 10 q
pound, are commop OF the west side. and 10
the knowing angler furnish lots Of sport
They are capTicious and rather ignorant
little ra-oals. though. once a large family
Of nyfshers had trailed and WHIPPED he
waters IN vain With al the flee In the pa
rental book. and wer. about to give IL
up as q bad Job. when the 10y Of the family
elected TO try old f~uEzy.wuzzy.- a combi-
nation OF his own manufacturing 81 a
grl's auburn hair. tinfoI, Il a hackle
from a barred Plymouth rooster.
10 say that the hsh were greedlly eager
20 fAsten on TO this marvellous fly, IN feeb.y
10 express the haste with which the bass
tumbled over zach other, in their attack
upon u. Those which could not lay hold
of fuzzy clutohed the other two flies Of
the cast as though TO be near IL. ana that
rod gave amusement and employment
TO the whole boatload Of anglers.
Often, again, has the tot Of casting met
with no good result In such places, until
A little bass has teen captured. fastened
on to the dropp'r, and trailed past IN"
tantAlizlns herd Of tsh. Then tho VII bbs
drove would hastily race after the other
fies on the line. evidently fearing lest
their little brother -houl get more than
his share Of good things.
For Young people. and for tho majority
Of women. ~h1 dearly love TO s-e the fish
they are after. this kind Of fishing Is the
mos, Interesting. Then, n the cook Is
~sood-natured. and other conditions are
favorable. the results arr most acceptable
al next mornings breakfast table For
the has l. certainly q morn toothsome
mor-el in his tender Year, than when
he has acquired ~avordupots and cunning
enough To rank as q tackle smasher md
heavyweight fighter.
Something's. too. In such place. big sur.
prises arr met with. such as esemplify
the saying. "A Triton among the minnow- :
Tired with a hot days p~ortaging and canoe
ing In the North country. the writer Was
gathering In a few fish for supper on a sandy
shore one evening, when all at once hc
found himself engaged in a life and death
struggle with a lcaping, splashing monster
for which lie certainly had little uss just
then. but was a. certainly bound 20 gather
In II possible
After q prolonged battle he suddenly
discovered that his little bark canoe had
been dragged about 10y the maddened
fish To within a dangerous distance % the
waterfall whereby the lake emptics itself
into a little stream running into the Gait.
neau Hastily -eiIing a paddle, he nan
aged to drop the rough rod into the canoe,
10 get the line -'twe- his teeth, and then
TO light HE way inch 10y inch up the current
into the still water again. The strain
upon tho line was AZ times very great,
and once. when "a valuable and carefully
t-nd.d tooth gave way, almost unb-arable
But the maj won in the end and knee deep
In water throw nut on tho shore. not one but
two exhausted has. hnth over sir pounds,
the hr< one hooked eth holding IN ha