Identifier: bookofblackbass00hens (find matches)
Title: Book of the black bass
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Henshall, James A. (James Alexander), 1836-1925
Subjects: Black bass Fishing -- Equipment and supplies Fishing
Publisher: Cincinnati, Robert Clarke & co.
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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ndat all, and it does not matter from what direction the windblows, if the condition and temperature of water are right.A good breeze is the anglers best ally, for by rippling thewater it breaks the line of sight, to a great extent, betweenhim and the fish. The ano;ler should endeavor to cast his flies as lightlvas possible, causing them to settle as quietly as thistle-down, and without a splash. After casting, the flies shouldbe skipped or trailed along the surfiice in slightly curvinglines, or by zigzag and tremulous movements, occasionallyallowing them to become submerged for several inchesnear likely-looking spots. If the current is swift, allowthe flies to float naturally with it, at times, when they canbe skittered back again, or withdrawn for a new cast.Two or three times are enough to cast over any one spot,when a rise is not induced. When Bass are biting eagerly and quickly, whip))ing thestream is to be practiced, that is, the casts are to be often 400 BOOK OF THE BLACK BASS.
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Fly-fishing—Landing the Bass. FLY-FISHING. 401 and rapidly repeated, first to one side, then the other, al-lowing: the flies to settle but a moment. In castinij andmanipulating the flies, the line must be ever taut; foroften a Bass will thus hook himself, which he never doeswith a slack line. Steiking and Playing. The angler should strike by sight, or by touch ; that is,he should strike the moment he sees the rise; for the Basshas either got the fly in his mouth, has missed it, or has al-ready ejected it, when the rise is seen ; it very seldomhappens that the rise is seen before the fly is reached by thefish. The angler must also strike at the moment he feelsthe slightest touch or tug from the fish, for often the Basstakes the fly without any break at the surface, especiallyif the flies are beneath the surface. Striking is simply a twist of the wrist, or half-turn ofthe rod, either upward or downward (upward with stiffishrods, and downward with very willowy ones), which is suf-ficie

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