The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-02
Stirring Battles With Trout, Bass, Salmon
Anglers WoodA Demonstration the Fly Fishers ASome Great Salmon
Cachms-Back Bass the Coming Game Fish Of the Adrondak.

be fooled, he will hook on a grass hopper
and set the insect on bit Of bark or chip,
and let him float down to where the cute
chap lies. All at once there is fash, a
circle of foam, and that grasshopper has left
the chip. while q monster trout IL dashing
down stream with strange pain in his
Jaw. He Is never at a loss for device to
tempt and deceive knowing trout.
We fy-fshermen are too apt to regard
our books Of gay feathers az the sole ar
mament needed. II trout refuse enc fly
we try another, and when the list is ex-
hausted we are often without resources.
Did we but think OF it, one of the yellow
beet ties on the old willow that overhangs the
pool might have won a glorious fish;
cricket from under an overturned stone
might tempt notified giant from the shad.
owed creek and often bit Of snowy belly
Of one Of the small catfish or chubs one is
bothered with arranged daintily on the
hook and skilfuly skittered down long
ripple, will lead to mighty tussle,
One OF the small green frogs-not the
brown and yellow notified sort-,-hooked
lightly through the skin of one thigh makes
an Irresistible bait in some weathers, though
IN placing it upon the hook it is well to bear
IN mind the quantity kind device of old lzaak
Walton. to use him as though you loved
him. that Vs. harm him az little as you may
possibly, that he may live the longer, :,
The frog so treated is hard lived, and
durable too, and will swim and kick about
Tor a couple OF hours, unless sooner at
tackled. When such bait as this is taken
by trout, it is not desirable to. strike at
once, as time must be given the fish to swal-
low the frog, before the angler can hope TO
drive the hook into any part Of It, or to
avoid withdrawing both bait and hook
from the fsh's mouth"
An old angler who has fshed much In the
Saranac country, and who Is still at Lake
EDWARD, Is great believer in bumblebees
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one Is at first inclined to think. But this ID
not necessarily the case.
He relates that one Of his guides has his
cabin covered with morning glories, and
that any sunny dey hundred bees may be
seen Hitting in and out of the bell shaped
flowers, He seizes flower in which bee
Is working way down toward the center
and closes it by gathering together the
outer rim.
Paying no attention to the angry buzzing
inside, he sticks the blossom, small end
first, into the hole in the cover Of his per-
forated bait box. The box has a double
top. The upper one turns on the lower
so that only when the two openings come
together can anything get in or out.
Sliding the top lid till the crescent OF the
hole begins to show, he inserts the tip of the
flower, and by slowly pushing it in he man
ages never to leave an opening for the es-
cape Of the other captives. When the
IoWei IS VII III up W tIe tioS''
part. he turns the lid and chops the flower
in two. 1t works on the cigar clipper plan.
He carries q small pair of pincers covered
with cotton batting, and with these he lifts
out his prisoners when he wants to use them.
Opening the box only enough to let the head
Of one bee protrude he seizes this with the
pincers and lightly runs the hook through
the creatures back. Then he has a cast
that is a killing one and that has landed
some Of the biggest trout captured in the
northern woods.
Still by far the greater part OF the big
trout secured in Lake Edward are killed
on trolling lines, and quite number Of
them exceed six pounds in weight, Fly
fishing by night and odd bats for the willy
fish that flies will not tempt at any time
are likely, however. to grow in popular favor
monstrated that the big trout may be Sc
duced in so many more or less artistic
fashions.