The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-03-20
BRIILIANT BAIT.
os.av Lures BY Which sadness ~
Trout Are Fooled.

Trout Are Fooled.
No zone except fisherman or q n.
dresser has the faintest conceptions Ell
tie enormous variety Of materials asst,.
In the manufacture of dies. especially
salmNn dies. 4
Trout flies: are made to resemble vat
risns real insects. but salmon fiie.s
haae no likeness to anything that III
habits earth. afr or water. anu tn thi
day no one knows why the king ~.
fish Us fool enough to snatch at thu.
gaudy lures which are cast across thu
pools above his head.
Take such "a we'll known salmon a.
Us the ''.silver, doctor" The feathers ts
five different birds. are used to build I.
namely. those of the Indian crew
the blue Jay. the pheasant. the tlrke,
low floss silk. sky blue hackle an;
scarlet .woOl are also necessary for tise.
tying 'af this fly.
There lis hardly ANY brilliantly plum.
aged hird known whose feathers are
not tn demand for fly tying. jungle
fowl. 'hlue ,chatterer. scarlet ibis. bus
tard. swan. macaw. peacock. maliar1i
Indian roller. teal. wood duck. grouse
eagle and tiorican are only few Ut
th0sse whose feathers are slowed away
in the drawers of any fishing tackle
manufacturer.
You will also find gold and silver
wire. gold and silver .tinsel. silk of ev,
cry color under the sun. chenille M
many different hues. worsted. mohair
and fur of IA number of different AMI
mails.
There lis AN artificial gray gnat used
for trout fishing which is made partly
of mouse 'whiskers and is in collSe.-
quence one of the most expensive trout
flies which YOU can purchase.
Gauly flies for salmon fishing are no
new invention. Writing two and half
centuries ago. Richard Franck says:
Remember always to carry your
clubbing bag about with you. wherein
ought to be silk of all sorts. thread
thrums. moccad0 ends and crueis ,of all
sizes and varieties of color. diversified
and stained wool. with dogs and
bears hair. besides twisted fine threads
Of gold and silver. with feathers
FROM And he goes ON with long
list of birds Of brilliant plumage. a..
But even for the nolle salmon there
are many other bats used besides the
fly. The most deadly is without doubt
salmon roe, the use of as1hich is pro-
hibited in almost every part of the
|civilized world. The gardeners fan
lcy"-in other words, the common lob
worms a first class salmon bait, and
SO Is prawn boiled to a delicate pink
hue. On most good rivers these bats
are of course illegal.
Some believe in amounting their bats
with various strong smelling oils or I'M
guents. The above mentioned Rich
ard Franck did so. He advocates put.
ting the worms into lignum vitae box
which has first been anointed with
1.-THE chymical oil Of bays. sulphur,
Barbados tar, ivy or cornu cervi."
Poor worms! One wonders how long
they survived in such a horrible mix
ture.
Trout will take very wide variety
Of bait. A grasshopper is most kill
ing, and so is q blue bottle set on a
small hook and used with blow line
The roach fisher knows the virtue of
boiled wheat. The softened grains
are taken with eagerness by these fish,
while perch will go vigorously for
clump of -four and water dough. A
perch has been taken by an angler who
had run short of bait with the eye of
a previous capture stuck upon the
point of hook.
Thames fishermen will tell you the
virtues Of cheese paste as a bait for
club, and these rather shy fish can
also be taken with very ripe cherry
In which hook is artfully concealed.
Almost all fish have cannibal pro-
pensities, so that the young of their
own species prove an irresistible bait
for the older AND larger members, This
is specially true Of trout and many
an angler has known of cases where q
small fish hooked has been seized be-
fore it could be brought to land by a
larger one of the same variety.-Fly.
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