. Goin' fishin'; weather and feed facts; . ter, and let them ride down along the swifterwater at the head of the pools. HOPPER A FLOATING BAIT Naturally the grasshopper must be handled as afloating bait to be really effective and to use himwith a fly rod is the real sporting proposition. Be-fore a lot of the boys ever thought of making thenow famous floating bass bugs, the hopper was thereal floating bass bait. If you cast with the fly rodand fly, take a little chance with the hopper, castingup and across the stream and let your hopper floatdown stream naturally with the current, placing it so
. Goin' fishin'; weather and feed facts; . ter, and let them ride down along the swifterwater at the head of the pools. HOPPER A FLOATING BAIT Naturally the grasshopper must be handled as afloating bait to be really effective and to use himwith a fly rod is the real sporting proposition. Be-fore a lot of the boys ever thought of making thenow famous floating bass bugs, the hopper was thereal floating bass bait. If you cast with the fly rodand fly, take a little chance with the hopper, castingup and across the stream and let your hopper floatdown stream naturally with the current, placing it sothat it will float down alongside of a bowlder or logthat may be breaking the surface of the water. Ifthis choice bait does not scare up a strike there cer-tainly is no bass holding down that spot. The grasshopper to be effective must be lively,and naturally lively at that, so do not take away anyof his kick by running the hook through his place him along the shank of the hook andtie him on with a short piece of thread. As the. Among the lily pads is the real home of the large-mouth bass, andthe way to interest them is being able to land your cast in the smallopen water, or pockets, among the pads. Two bass were landedfrom the weed pockets right after this snapshot was taken.
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