The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-18
ART or FROG CATCHING.
" IL NJ Importance q the Angler and IL
Easily Acquired.

From almost anv sporting-goods shop
In \ CITY = man who has bass In his head
may purchase green or brown frogs 81
proper bait -si,e. but no angler will sn,ov
these frogs 80 much a. those which h"
catchee for himself and many Of them die
anyhow in transporting them 10 the IL thing
grounds.
There s~rms 10 b. no good reason why all
rodmen should prefer green frogs 20 brown.
lu' they do. Men with green frogs laugh
A. men who have bought brown frogs, hut
IL Is certain hat the fish mskr no distluc-
tiun tet Seen them
A hungry bass would - soon have mes,
With a crown skin a. with a green skin.
II is possihl. that tho green frog show.
better in certain waters. but II the water
j. clear enough for lass the brown frog
l. distinct enough.
Frog NAV he sho, with a rine - 2?-calihre,
or taken with a hook ~ which red flannel
i attached a, an attraction. tut when they
have been shot or looked they are no good
for ha.t To 10 used in Turing has they
must h. taken alive and put on the hook
alive.
A lead frog !. ~ M us~ - the angler cI-
c~p, when on the end 81 a spoon that j.
trDllet Tor mu-hhllNlE". lhtu with inf
RAPID milton of the lIr" hr'ugh the water
Il make-, no sort 81 difference wh',hrr he,
meat ~ ieai or alive y.~t 80 that " j. fuel.
Ia catching frogs som" men prefer "a sort
uf cross between a dipuet and a hu't.ffy-
not. q mrsh~i arrangement on ia" ond II
q Iulg pole. hut thee are dilrtitnti and
no, true frog-catchers. h true frog
catcher u. frat Of AL a hass-catcher from
lar up BaS. Creek ami dos not mind get
tang lie legs wet. In fact he "nJ1v- 4 10
take the frog he us.- only his good right
han and he bt-ron.s through ardent ami
arIuou~ rr,ctic~ marNelluu-lN ~ ~
lie puts on old trousers and shoes with
holes IN th~m so thai the water will squirt
out freely lie wades along the shore In
mud and fuid that come atoN" TN knees
In his eft hand b. carries a bucket and he
often trips upon III. lily pads and falls,
howh-it he rubs the paste from his eye,
and Ena- on
After a few trials a. this art ~ work
he notes a great increase 81 ht. power 20
A., fog Formerly no walked among the
r.d- ard they were all blank tn him. now
ta observes green bstrachians squat upon
many leaves and matching precisely With
tia, nue.
IA. go.- slowly. making A. littl- noise -
pos-ihIs. and 10 80 tunes and dirsTS his
.xcur.,on tina, the sun will 10 IN hi- front
or 20 ono side. newer AZ his back Ia throw
a long shadow ahead 81 him and warn
his victims
II IL 20 IT, yrnnted mat INC lrog hggef
,,pl than anvthiur else wt,h our legN In
inc world r. -ss'- the man approaching
aud knows that he has no business thor"
/, s..cs him stop within n yard and extend
A curved right hand slowly II -ecs III"
hand suddenly dart forw ard and then only
u makes rs jump.
Sometimes It gets away. hut not often
IL the pursner knows how Sone peuUi"
think tina, IN. frog waits until ~" crucial
momer, merely "a 49, how swift he u H.
Their. is hut ono rule In frog catching
To within distance ard slap hard. Instantly
closing the hand when u strikes tho pad
Inc more force a man pUt- i-lhind M
hand he NOR. swiftly II viii travel When
a frog j. lost almost always u will IT, du"
10 lack OF extcnsory power ~ III" ann
muscles
some lake guides viii take clsht out oi
ter frogs all day long and viii half MI an
anglers bucket In an hour The angler
hul~alf may -oon attain Ia the cNc'll"nl
average 81 six out Of ten, and no VIII THINK
much more 81 nice. fat. fresh. w.. frogs
which he has caught than 81 atom ~ them
which he has bousht
The frogs - taken are nearly always ~
The proi-.r has size with bOdie- nm inch
long II Is rare that one ~ the big fellows
big enough for the tablets taken by
hand.
The frog. booked lightly through the akin