The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16
ROUT AND BLACK BASS NOW LURE ANGLERS
Numerous Streams and Lakes About
New York Offer Keen Sport--Many
Women Adopts With the Fly

, longed battle han those I have taken
in any other water, and j have rescued
them from the waters OF every part
Of our country. that Is. 1 thought ]
did. I say Thought" for the reason
lthat my catch when displayed before
a group Of admiring Virginians was
called, OF all Inappropriate names,
"chub," a name which, reaching the
ears OF any self-respecting black bass.
must have given lasting affront.
Those I captured in North Carolina
were dubbed 'welchmcn." while IT,
the far South they were universally
known as trout" In the Big Sandy.
in eastern Kentucky, the bass is called
Jumping perch while in Wisconsin
and Minnesota I heard bull bass
moss bass" buck bass" and tigers"
and I thought. and still think. that tho
last is exactly the name that should
be given to the Delaware family Of
this prince Of fnny fighters.
For bass fishing a large ny is re-
auired. and n question which has
often interested me Is: Why do bass.
or any other fish. TAX or decline tho
fy. or even bait? And I can find no
satisfactory answer from any man
or fish in trying TO reach a conclusion.
I have allowed an enticing bait to
hang quietly In the water for minutes
and have seen many big trout lie still
about It, but the instant the bait was
jerked to and fro every fish made n
frantic rush for IL. while a slight Jerk
merely attracted slight attention.
I have seen thousands Of flies lying
| ntiiafIy an fha cstIl SttrSaro ~ mid
summer waters. but as quickly as one
moved or fiuttered It was instantly
seized by a trout. while the flies lying
still were not disturbed. ! have some
times taken FISH by an %outlandish SON
coction tried by myself after every
meat ny in my book had been tried
and failed to get a rise. and ! con-
fess my utter inability even to risk
a guess why a trout takes one artih-
cial fly in preference to another. re-
fuses all. or, indeed. takes any.
could never believe that trout con-
sldered any artificial ny as food. or
even the natural ny, and the best
artificial fly ever made is not a good
enough imitation OF nature to fool a
trout. A trout has no eyelids. the
eye never closes. the fish never sleeps.
INV NO lHhlldtIDIl can ever deceive IT.,
yet many a fine trout has wrecked
a promising career through monkey
ing with an artificial fly that resem-
bled nothing else In existence.
This, Of course. explodes the idea
that artificial fiAs. TO prove success
full, must initiate nature. as trout do
not appear 20 care a switch OF the
tail what the nv resembles. so long
as 1t appears TO be alive. and giving
the ny appearance Of life Is the one
monumental essential of ny fishing.
The beautiful. delicate rods. the ac-
curate reels. me superb silken lines
or to-day are the results OF long and
careful study and experience IN sue
cessful ny fishing. and all tend TO the
single purpose OF placing the artificial
ny before the fsh in a lifelike man
ner. These. with the flies included,
are a marvellous advance In the art,
ana would amaze the anglers OF a
decade ago. while the illustrious Wal
ton would hav gazed in open eyed
wonder upon the dainty three and
four ounce split bamboo rods of the
present time, as we'll as the adyan-
taReous but hazardous multiplying
reel.
fH casting IN streams when the
water is low and clear is usually sue
cessfui. while directly after a rain bait
Will do better work, but when cheap
t tackle is used fishing becomes an sr.
! ~gravation to the SOU and the iucIba =
= tor OF much useless but extremely I'm =
polite language. Moral-Buy the best
You can get.
a In Joining the fraternity OF anglers
r one becomes a member of the oldr Of
as well as the most honored snort
, IN existence. a sport that has az
forded pure and accompanying entoy-
,, ment to monarchs. statesmen. philoso.
phers. poets. peasants and prophets
FOR In Isaiah tChapter XIX.) we read
or They that cast angle into the
> water brooks"
Yea. verify, our craft Is OF the oldsr
Tune. and perhaps the wise pronhs,
hiNnseir on a quiet morning in tina,
early age cast flies and Inhaled Wis.
dom as the same blessed sun of to.d,
glazed the hills OF old Palestine