Pond Lake and Stream Fishing Ben C. Robinson Author - nouveau livre

Pond, Lake and Stream Fishing The Author standing, and his guide, holds a piscatorial conference on the banks of a northern river. Serious matters are being discussed, about what to use for those cunning gamesters that await their angling strategies. Pond, Lake and Stream FISHING A BOOK OF GENERAL ADVICE ON FRESH-WATER FISHING BEN C. ROBINSON Author of MUSKELLUNGE FISHING PHILADELPHIA DAVID McKAY COMPANY WASHINGTON SQUARE Dedicated to THE WONDERFUL NORTHERN EVENINGS WHEN WE FISHED IN THE BAY AT BOBY DOSCHES THE CABIN UNDER THE PINES, THD LAKE, THE SWAMP AND TOE MOONLIGHT ON LAUGHING-WATERS AND TO BEATRICE WHO KEPT THE LAMPS LIGHTED IN THE CABIN WIN DOWS TO GUIDE ME HOME FROM MY LONG TRIPS INTO TOE WOODS. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE Foreword xi BOOK i GENERALITIES FOR ANGLING 1 Lake Dwellers 3 2 Pond Fish 8 3 Creeks 10 4 The Whimpering Brook 13 5 Little Rivers 17 6 And the River 20 7 The Big River 23 8 Channel and Thoroughfare 25 9 Water Levels and Conditions 27 10 Weather Suited for Good Fishing 31 11 Directions and Temper of the Wind 33 12 Shore Conditions 39 13 Underwater Coverts 43 14 Eddies and Riffles 48 BOOK 11 LIVE BAIT FISHING 15 Bass Fishing Tackle Stitt-Fishing 55 16 Pan-Fish Tackle Still-Fishing 77 17 Pond-Fish Tackle Still-Fishing 89 18 Trout Tackle Still-Fishing 104 19 Bait Containers and Keeping Bait 113 vii Contents CHAPTER PAGE 20 Watt-Eyed Pike Tackle Still-Fishing 119 21 Muskettunge Fishing Tackle Still-Fishing 130 22 Pirate Fishing for the Trout 137 BOOK mi FLY FISHING 23 Fly Fishing for Crappie and Bluegitts 151 24 Big-Mouth Bass and the Fly Rod 158 25 Fly-Fishing for the Small-Mouth Bass 163 26 Leaders and Lines, for Bass-Fly Fishing 177 27 Float Fishing for Trout andSalmon 186 28 Night-Fishing for Big Trout 195 29 Wading and Dry-Fly Fishing for Trout 204 30 Dry-Fly Fishing the Brooks and Smaller Rivers 214 31 Wet-Flies on the Middle Reaches 223 32 Fly-Fishing for Pike, Pickerel and Muskettunge 235 33 Assembling a Fly-Fishing Outfit 242 34 Storing the Fly Rod and Outfit for Winter 244 35 Principles of the Fly Rod 247 36 Learning How to Cast with the Fly-Rod 253 BOOK iv BAIT CASTING 37 Bait Casting Lures, Past and Present 267 38 The Bait Casting Rod and Reel 306 39 The Casting Line 317 40 Bait-Casting from Start to Finish of Cast 323 41 The Technique of Actual Fishing with Bait-Cast ing Outfit 336 42 Accessories for the Bait-Casters Kit 360 43 Trotting 363 viii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS A piscatorial conference Frontispiece FACING PAGE Weedy shores for pike, pickerel and muskie 42 Where the G. N...