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Show TBy JfM RHODYfj Mj Seasonal Delight Just as the home gardener revels in his seed catalogs each year, with their myriad attractions in riotous color and enormous profusion, pro-fusion, the angler, too, shares kindred kin-dred thrills and delights as he thumbs ecstatically through the many fishing tackle catalogs which come his way. In fact, it is the arrival of these catalogs which happily bridges the span between the last lingering weeks of snow and ice and the first days of real fishing weather. There are many of us, indeed, who would be hard put to contain our fishing fever to an extent which keeps us out of our home state mental Institutions In-stitutions were the fishing catalogs not at hand to keep our minds busy and "wish-booking" until we can get our casting arms busy. Set Anglers "Wishing" Naturally, space here doesn't permit per-mit the fine tributes we'd like to pay to all the tackle manufacturers who have sent catalogs, but we believe be-lieve the industry would bear us no ill-will for letting the annual Heddon catalog serve as a symbol for them BlL Once again the Heddon people have issued an outstanding catalog, a beautifully-colored booklet, with a color picture of a rainbow trout suitable for framing as an added treat As does all the other catalogs', Heddon's instantly sets the angler's mind spinning with themes such as "I wish I had that," and "I wish I had this." Like the others, too, it symbolizes practically everything the angler and his brethern might want or need. Offers Tiny Two We were particularly Interested, however, in the company's offering of a new series of lures for the light-tackle light-tackle addict. We liked these because be-cause we're planning to do a comprehensive com-prehensive article here soon on what the industry has cooked up for the fellows who like the long, light rods, tournament-type reels and 4-to-8-pound test lines. This equipment is the plug-caster's answer to spinning spin-ning gear, and with it he can handle most spinning-type lures and cast them almost as far. Anyway, as information for those who'd like to know, at least, where some of these light-tackle lures may be found, the Heddon folks, who pioneered fishing plugs in the first place, have come up with their "Runt" lure in a 15 ounce weight, a tiny Torpedo, with a spinner aft, and the Justly famed and reliable "Lucky 13" both in the 15 ounce size. We'd like to know how you can beat that for light-tackle gear. This tiny trio' of lures, with all Heddon's "know-how" behind them, will fill the bill for many an angler. AAA Good Deal Here's good news for anglers who have been turning more and more to KentucKy 8 lanes ior record bass catches. The State's Game and Fish Division Divi-sion has had introduced in the Legislature Leg-islature a bill which would provide for the sale of non-resident fishing license at $2 for 10 days. Heretofore, Hereto-fore, non-resident licenses were sold for periods of only three days and cost $1 each. That meant that the out-of-state angler would have had to pay $4 for 10 days fishing rights, whereas under the proposed legislation legis-lation he can now enjoy that privilege priv-ilege for only $2. This action is but another in continuing con-tinuing steps by Kentucky to capitalize capital-ize upon its various attractions to tourists, and chief among these are certain to be the state's many and vastly-Improved fishing waters. May Eclipse Others Already such well-paying-off lakes as Herrington, Dale Hollow and Kentucky Ken-tucky have won renown throughout all anglerdom, but coming on even now is another body of water that bids fair to eclipse all the others. And that is the newly-impounded Wolf Creek reservoir in the southeastern south-eastern part of the State. With impoundment complete less than four months, anglers were reporting re-porting catches of as many as 200 bass in one outing, but with only some six or seven of this number being "keepers." But with Impoundment Impound-ment almost two years old this spring and summer, the "little ones" should have grown to "keeper" size and thus have put into the making a veritable angling paradise. The State Game and Fish Division is going along farther with sportsmen sports-men by including in that same legislative measure a provision empowering em-powering the director to remove fish creel and size limits wherever deemed advisable. AAA About Trout Sometimes trout hang In the water at the very tail of a pool, just before it breaks into the next riffle, and take Insects from the surface as they float along. When they are here it usually is possible to sneak up on them from 'downstream, but it is hard to get a natural float from this position. Sometimes a very short cast from cover can be used, and at others lt is possible to Coat a fly down W them from upstreim. j |