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Show "IBy JIM RHODYpS? 1 Popular Guy "Inch for inch and pound for pound, the gamest fish that swims." That's the tribute paid many i years ago to the black bass by Dr. Walter Henshall, a tribute famous ; 'in the lore of bass angling. ; But it remained for Jame Hed- i , don's Sons, Dowagiac, Mich., to come up with the most complete dossier ever assembled on his majesty, ma-jesty, the largemouth black bass. fThe Heddon people declare: i An unpredictable, but loveable scoundrel, the largemouth black bass is appropriately called the king of American game fish. Its many and mixed traits make it the most sought-after game fish in the world. iTossed together in its makeup are courage, stamina, viclousness, cunning, cun-ning, versatility, stubbornness, ; showmanship, fight and just pure cussedness. At times it will turn from the most attractive artificial bait to gobble up a worm or minnow. Again, it will pass up the most luscious-looking gob of worms to smash viciously at the homeliest of plugs . . . Due to extensive transplanting, trans-planting, the largemouth is now found in nearly every state of the union, Canada and Mexico. Also It has been huroduced successfully into France, Germany and South Africa . . . Look for the largemouth In fresh-water lakes, ponds, rivers, creeks and canals. Around lily pads, rushes, reeds, weeds, logs, sunken tree trunks, eroded pockets or deep holes . . The world's record largemouth, large-mouth, caught on rod and reel, was taken by George W. Perry In Montgomery Mont-gomery Lake, Georgia, on June 2, 1932. It weighed 22 pounds and four ounces. The average size, taking the country as a whole, would be from one to two-pounds, but in the south the average is higher ... No snooty aristocrat, the largemouth will please the live-bait angler by killing anything resembling worms, insects, in-sects, frogs, crawfish, minnows, field mice, small birds, snakes and even young muskrats. On the prowl, the largemouth will smash with equal vigor at wet or dry flies, surface sur-face or underwater plugs, spoons, bucktails or spinner-and-fly combinations com-binations to the delight of the artificial artifi-cial bait man. "a a a Lightest Spool .'WewW-isJ' .. , ' ' J ', , -- -- ..'...Vr -. Of particular interest to the light-tackle light-tackle devotee is the new, , lightweight light-weight spool being featured in several sev-eral of Bronson's 1951 line of lightweight light-weight reels. Claiming it to be the lightest spool on the market, the company points out that the new spool is machined all over, including includ-ing the inside and is perfectly balanced. bal-anced. It weighs only 3364 of an ounce, yet is rugged and durable. This spool is going into all the Coxe cross-bolt reels and is. a feature of the model 30-C, shown here. This spool will give the caster unparalleled unparal-leled control of his lure, however light, and make for easier and far more enjoyable plu,-casting. AAA Visual Checkup Need According to a recent release by the Remington Arms company, accidents ac-cidents in the hunting field are not always caused by trigger-happy guys at the butt-ends of deadly .weapons. The release cites the possibility pos-sibility that many hunting-field ac-clderits ac-clderits may. have been caused by color blindness. For many years authorities on hunting have recommended that gunners who barge forth in the deep woods should wear some RED apparel, ap-parel, such as cap, coat or neckerchief. neck-erchief. This oractice undoubtedly has saved i number of lives. The reason, according to Dr. Elmer M. Soles, director of the American Optometric association's department of public information, may be because of the physical defect de-fect of color blindness in so many persons. "Contrary to general , belief, a bright color Ij not the best safeguard safe-guard against hunting accidents," says Dr. Soles, "because about 140,-000 140,-000 licensed hunters are color blind. "To be sure you are seen by fellow fel-low hunters, wear a cap or Jacket In a bold pattern of black and white. Some part of a hunter's costume should contrast with scenery. AAA Far Afield The black duck, well-known eastern east-ern rival of the mallard in the favor fa-vor of sportsmen of that area, is wandering far afield these days. Several specimens, identified as black ducks, were shot on the west coast in Oregon and California during dur-ing the season recently closed. While it is not known If this is the first appearance .of the species In the Pacific fiyway. it Is rare, and the hunters had some difficulty in establishing proper identification. |