Show t i 1 THE REEL DOPE I By BILL COLTRIN coming on and nd With Christmas problem of what to give e fi the thc the slightly batty everyone I Ig g decided it Jt would would be Reel Dope c service to go on a shopping what Is ls fi good d in the nd see ee ling line Ithe ie first first Up tIP tip we would g give gC C to is to get this column little lithe woman She Shel dby the l ht want t to give you something fishing rs se on your our numerous ig but hasn't the slightest idea what to buy rf four opinion that such items Hems I It L 15 our I reels and lines should not f ds Sen as gifts gilts That Is these a persons person's fishing equIp equIp- be picked out b by the ere er t i I Loves a Gimmick Gimmick B But t every everYone eIone ne loves lo a gimmick tricky lure a fancy fl fly box a aW W live bait lure or any the hundreds of ot gadgets would roost most happily received by most i jangler angler come Dec 25 50 0 that is what we ve shopped for Some mt of or the trickiest t stuff at ut t out by those who dream up are afe the transparent shells If IT holding live Jive bait and the self self- baits There is a trans- trans plastic shell shaped much muche regular artificial lure with ith lie e a at tail uil and bell belly Iou fou tou put a real live Jive minnow in 1 she shell sheil close it up and cast the thee theas e c as If it there wasn't a live min min- v In It And the same minnow Ibe be used a long time for water watern n i through the shell and the mow ow will survive quite a long it le toe Je e of the craziest items on the right now is a line of lures t uses dI dry ice in hollow bodies I 1 flexible tails taUs to provide the thee e ith with some sensational action evaporation on of the dry Ice the lure hire to dart and bob hob in lost ost lifelike manner and you are posed to be able to get a limit no no u time at all with this gadget The Latest Thing 1 f course manufacturers have haven haveri ri n i using certain kinds of pills some time In activating ac lures this dry ice thing is the latest aide f your fisherman friend likes to after fter catfish h you might get him himI I of those floats or bobbers ty ey y got em now that will vill light and whistle when you get a e. e These gimmicks are made in every ery shape and color the world and for cat fishing ly dr next spring every angler ads eth one inee the war var the products made tot silicone have proved wonder- wonder for lor fishermen Anything treated h ii this substance becomes wa- wa proof but lets the air through re are items on the market now dressing lines or flies and once ted the lines or the flies files willi will willin in i n good s shape ape for a long time Fishing Knives here ere are all kinds of fishing yes ves but if you want to get one onet t will make most an any angler angler W. W py get one with all of the ac- ac I ones nes They have em that I II I work as a fish knife knUe scaler sealer and I bottle opener and they have em with hook extractors and fish mouth expanders There is a 1 little deal now that you attach to your our valuables when you are in a B boat Then if it your our valuable falls taUs overboard a buoy is released and comes to the surface Then you ou pull up your jour our valuable And then there Is Isan Isan Isan an item that really works in loosening nearly every snagged plu plug spinner or hook If It none of these Items Interest you how about a barometer or a small scales or waders wader or boots boot or orI ora ora a fly tying outfit or any of the theother theother theother I other hundreds of gadgets And if your favorite fisherman sticks to th the good old as his favorite lure there is something something something some some- thing just made for him It is a liquid that you mix with water and pour on the ground to bring worms up You just sit there and snatch them |