Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-04
BRILLIANT BAIf.
oaudy Lures BY Which Salmon and
Trout Are Fooled.

No one except a fisherman or a a.!
dresser has the faintest conception o.
the enormous variety Of materials used
In the manufacture Of flies. especially
salmon flies.
Trout flies are made 10 resemble vG
rious real insects. but salmGu flies
have no likeness to any o X that In
habits earth, air or wafer ana to this
day no one knows why the king al
fish is fool enough to snatch at the
gaudy lures which are cast across the
pools above bis head.
Take such a well known salmon fly
as the "silver doctor" The feathers Of
Ave different birds are used to build II
namely, those of the Indian crow.
the blue jay, the pheasant. the turkey
and the pintail duck. Silver wire. vel.
low floss silk, sky blue hackle and
scarlet wool are also necessary for the
tying Of this fly.
There is hard y any brilliantly plum,
aged bird known whose feathers are
not In demand for fly tying. jung,
fowl, blue chatterer, scarlet ibis. bus
tard, swan, macaw. peacock. mallard.
Indian roller, teal. wood duck. grouse
eagle and 1orican are only a few Of
those 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 Of
Nany different hues, worsted, mohair
and fur of number Of different ami
falls.
There is an artificial gray gnat used
for trout fishing which is made partly
Of mouse whiskers and Is in conse-
quence one Of the most expensive trout
flies which you can purchase
Gaudy 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. moccado ends and cruels 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 pumage.
But even for the noble salmon there
are many other bats used besides the
fly. The most deadly is without doubt
salmon roe, the use of which is pro-
hibited In almost every part of the
civilized world. The gardeners fan
Gym 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
"the chymical oil of bays. sulphur,
Barbados tar, ivy or cornu cervi."
Poor worms! One wonders how long
they survived in such horrible mix
ture.
Trout will take very wide variety
- Daait. q 81 uoSIOppCE Is llOSl Kill
ing. and so Is blue bottle set on a
small hook and used with a blow line.
The roach fisher knows the virtue of
boiled wheat. The softened grains
are taken with engerness by these fish.
while perch will go vigorously for Q
riump of -four and water dough. 4
lerch has been taken by an angler who
aad run short of bait with the eye of
4 previous capture stuck upon the
,oint of a hook.
Thames fishermen will tell you the
irtues Of cheese paste as a bait for
dub, and these rather shy fish can
lsO he taken with very ripe cherry
u which hook is artfully concealed.
/. Almost all fish have cannibaI pro
ensitles. so that the young of their
wn species prove an irresistible bait
or the older and larger members This
: specially true of trout, and many
angler has known of cases where a
mall fish hooked has been seized be-
ore it could be brought to land by a
larger one Of the same. yariety.-Fly.