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Show WORLD OUTDOORS DEPENDING upon the section of the country In which you live, it Isn't too long before you'll be able to pick up your Ashing gear end hike out to your favorite stream or lake. If you are like many fishermen, you probably set your fishing gear in a corner at the end of last season and haven't taken a look at it since. Now, before the season gets underway, is the time to unllm-ber unllm-ber all of your gear and get ready for action. You may save yourself some headaches and disappointments dis-appointments if you do. Oil and carefully check your reels and metal Items which are susceptible to rust. Examine your rods carefully. If windings are frayed or broken, ' fix them now so they won't come loose while you are Ashing to spoil a day or a big trip. Artificial lures get rusty, dirty and battered. Hooks become rusty and dull. Paint your lures, replace re-place or sharpen hooks as needed. Check all of your lines and leader material carefully. If they arc frayed or obviously weak in spots, throw everything away and start from scratch. Even if your lines appear strong, and you know they are old and well used, it's better to put out the price of new line than run the risk of losing los-ing the "big one" that you will be after this season. Cleaning and repairing fishing gear Is more fun than work and offers a double reward. First there are pleasant memories associated as-sociated with various lures or other pieces of equipment; secondly, sec-ondly, there is the reward of future fu-ture confidence in your equipment equip-ment when you go after the lunk-ers lunk-ers that got away last year, |