The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-13
TROUTING OPEN IN
3 STATES TUESDAY
Anglers Have New Lures for
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,
and Vermont Fish.
HAIR FLIES TEMPTING
Bucktails Built for Rough
Use; Wyman and Hough
Experiment.
HAIR FLIES TEMPTING
ny DIXIE CARROLL.

ny DIXIE CARROLL.
Tuesday is the opening day OF the
brook, brown and rainbow trout season
In Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Yer
ment All ffsh to be retained must be
six inches or over. The catch limit in
Pennsylvania and Massachusetts is
twenty-five fish and in New Hampshire
Ave pounds.
In trying to initiate nature along the
stream side. in the selection of flies, when
We consider the keen sight Of the trout,
can we really say that we are fooling
these game ms into believing that the
Imitation We toss to them 10 one of the
regular stream insects upon which they
have been feeding?
May IL not be more correct 70 think
that we are tossing an insect TO them
and that they merely take It for another
piece OF food coming into their vision?
When We consider the many conven-
ticnsl styles of flies that have been
standbys In the fly game. flies that never
have been much of an imitation OF
natural stream insects and that have
been used throughout a season With good
results, IL IL not a squarcr deal for the
keen sighted trout to give him the benefit
Of the doubt. that although we are fool
ing him to tine extent that he thinks our
Offering Is a bit of feed, we are not
getting rise out OF him because ne
takes the fy for a local member of the
insect escadrille that flies over his
battle front?
Inquisittvcness of Trout.
Which brings us down TO the point
that spending half ones time on the
stream chasing Il bunch OF insects and
doping out their duplicates from the
ny book, is losing a bit of time that
could be used in whipping the stream
aad filing the creef.
when you figure out that tire trout
has keen enough sight TO tail Off TO the
under water log. rock or washed out bank
when You merely as much as show your
arm above the bushes. and that they
will continue to feed in plain sight II
your dog happens TO run down to the
water and kick around a little while
lie laps up n drink it's good medicine
that you are moro likely to interest him
IN something new and different than
you are 10 make him think that your
feathery Offering Is the second course in
his regular meal.
Next time you are on a stream, old
timer, toss a few odde and ends into
the water. and as they float down
around the boulders or along the edges
OF the underwashed bank watch the
old boys come up and nose these little
offerings.
have had them come up and get
acquainted with tho ends of burnt
matches. little wrinkled bits of paper,
the colored revenue tax stamp from ri
old Bull Durham sack. mountain ash
berries gayly colored flower petals,
a twisted cigarette butt. and numerous
other things.
And it's a ten to one shot that they
como up TO see whether the passing ar
ticle with the strange appearance was
a BIT of FISH food.
All Hair Flies AIIurius.
A ny that has been making quite a
killing among the trout. bass and musky
fishermen during tho past year isr the
all hair fly and the hair and feather
combination fly.
These flies are being tied IN all kinds
OF hair. from the regulation bucktail
down TO albino squirrel. and although
none that I have seen initiate any par
tlcular insect or resemble in any way
the usual stream side flies they GER
tainly have been mighty Turing to the
game boys.
The big point that stands out In their
favor is the wonderful wisgling motion
of the hairs in the water. 1t seems that
each individual hair has a nervous little
twitch of its own and the combined
bunch of twitching hair makes a life
like movement on and In the water
that the trout, bass and inusky seem
unable to resist.
Ed wyman, a fly caster of note and a
big game hunter, has been tying hair
flies for a number OF years and these
flies are certainly killers for bass sal
mon and hnusky.
wymau and Hou8h's Flies.
And the beauty OF Eds hair flies
Is that they are tied to stay tied and
they stand a bunch OF rough use that
the ordinary fly would go to pieces under.
Any fisherman who is fortunate enough
to get a hair fly tied by Wyman surely
has added ny to his book that win
make him happy for life.
Emerson Hough, the well known au-
thor. who II fisherman from his shoes
up, has been tying a bucktail that will
make him as famous as any OF his
hooks. The long struggling tail hairs
on this fly give It mighty teasing move
Inent in the water.
Up to last season Mr.. Hough kept his
bucktail ny as n personal affair among
his friends. but the requests for them
became so numerous that about all he
had time to do was tie flies.
is now being made commercially, and
has taken its place in the fiy family.
Not only in the ny line proper has
the hair been used OF late, but also in
the tying OF bucktail sinners and min
nows.
The Hildebrandt people OF spinner
fame have a small sized silver sinner
light enough to be handled on the fly
rod and still attractive enough 10 be
effective as a lure for the game fms
These sinners are tied with a streaming
hair tail that Is decided killer.
BIRD AIR Tranic Regulation.
DETROIT, Mich. April IA bill has
been introduced in the Michigan Lcgis-
iature making II illegal 10 pursue mi.
gtatory wild fowl In an airplane.
The Gabby WHO Fish.
He spouts within THE SUNDAY sun,
And In rhymic sea
He swims around and has his fun
In garb OF mystery.
II light or dark, II tall or short,
Are things We can't discuss
His aspect physical and sort,
Are quite unknown To us.
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