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I have been unable to learn definitely when the present form of cork-bodied bass fly, or " bug," first came into use. In 1911 Mr. B. F. Wilder, of New York, found Mr. Louis B. Adams using such flies of his own tying on the Belgrade lakes, in Maine. Mr. Wilder passed the idea along to a number of mid-west anglers, notably Will H. Dilg and Fred Peet of Chicago. These ardent brothers of the angle tried them, in 1916, on the small mouthed bass of the Upper Mississippi River with wonderful success. Mr. Dilg — Will o' the Houseboat — wrote several articles on this fishing which appeared in Field and Stream and the bass bugs instantly became immensely popular throughout the United States and Canada. |
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