, but little of the earth's surface would be fit for cultivation. To its voluntary efforts we owe our sup

ting worm bait, but in this, as in everything

h it carry your bait can half filled with wet moss or soft moist earth. You will find, if the conditions are right, swarms of worms along the edges of beaten paths, or in the short grass alongside. Usually the worm has one end of its body in a hole, and as it is ve

abby kind afford no great lure for even the hungriest sort of a fish. The worm that keeps its tail a-wiggling after he is on the hook, is just the thing.

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rms out. Moist, but not too wet wood or other moss is better than earth as a nest for worms, if they are to be kept some time.

are worms, will bring them to the surface. If at the same time

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ting bait you can offer a black bass. After a time the hellgrammite comes to the surface and take

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en logs. They make good bait for trout, bass, perch, cats and other fish,

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lacing offal in a tin can, and keeping it where it will be safe from rats or mice and inoffensive to the nostrils of passersby. In this the blue-bottles will

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d after the middle of July, are rather hard to get, but they pay f

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particularly to bass and trout. They should be kept in a roomy box with chips an

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sily captured and kept. They will live for som

all hook baited with a bit of red flannel, or they will bite without the hook. Be careful in fastening the frog to your hook not to i

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ioned like a sieve and handled by two, is one of the best means of collecting minnows. They should be ke

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brooks, make a good bait. Keep them in a

ttering"; that is, where you cast your line with a sinker, and then haul it in over the water, usually b

ice have been used with good effect, and cheese, if it can be kept on the hook, is eagerly swallowed, in bottom fishing, by carp and cat

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stick, which most of us began with, up to the elaborate and costly rods, reels and flies of the wealthy sportsmen.

best judges. But let me urge this: When the fishing season is over do not throw your pole, line and hooks carelessly to one side, but clean them, wrap them, and put them away in s