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Show ..y...v,.. : - - :-.- ml'- Angling: ,Angles; "SpjT bq old Hi If you want something different in sport and thrills, tussle with a turtle on a fly rod. Brother, there won't be a dull moment! George King of Clinton, N. Y., and his partner, Bill Humphrey, were fishing for bullheads in Lake Moraine early one morning last month. Both used fly rods that had seen service for many years, to which were attached bait casting cast-ing reels filled with 25 pound test black nylon lines. Suddenly a turtle weighing about 40 pounds grabbed George's worm-baited snelled hook, and started for shore 200 feet away from the anchored boat. Hooked in the rim of its mouth, and pulling pull-ing under a taut line, the turtle could not bite the line in two, and for nearly an hour fought desperately des-perately to reach the protection of (but not from choice!) are bass, pickerel, rock bass, sunfish, and other pan varieties, in many waters. wa-ters. Here is a "gang" of fish that will give you some thrills. Regular wet flies in bright patterns, pat-terns, streamers, and tiny feathered feath-ered spinners make fine lures for these fish. You'll find many useful suggestions sugges-tions on this sport by reading the panfish, black bass, and pickerel pick-erel chapters in Old Hi's illustrated illustra-ted booklet called "Fishing for the Millions." Just drop a penny postcard post-card requests to me, in care of this newspaper, and ask for your free copy of this booklet. its home. The action was brisk and intense in-tense making the 4 - ounce split bamboo fly rod weave and strain as it curved sharply. It was a great test of what a "delicate" rod could stand up under, and its worth, added to skill in handling was proven. The rod not only won the battle, but a short time after ward it out-fought a second, smaller smal-ler turtle that also seemed to relish rel-ish a nighcrawler for food. Old Hi desn't recommend that you make a habit of fighting these hard-shelled critters on a fly rod .... but when one is hooked, it sure puts plenty of zip into the fracas. You have to keep the turtle tur-tle from reaching bottom, .or he'll dig in and break the line. Hobnobbing with' these reptiles |
