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Show WORLD OUTDOORS WHATLL you have: light, regular reg-ular or heavy? If you are under the double penalty pen-alty of spring fever and a bite by the "fishing bug." this is an important im-portant question. If you have the urge, chances are 100-to-l you will go fishing. And the choice of proper prop-er equipment Is Important if you are to really enjoy your piscatorial piscatori-al outing. Before you choose your gear, decide whether you fish for sport or for "meat." Iff true that some fishermen know only one thrill a full creel for every trip. No choice to be made if you belong to this clan. Just go out and buy a stout rod and the strongest line on the market. Then you're prepared pre-pared for anything, rock bass right on up to muskles. But if you want some fun with your fishing and like the taste of real battle when a finny warrioi ties Into your lure, select youi rod and line carefully. If you're bait casting for fresh water bass largemouth. small-mouth small-mouth or spotted a 5 or 6 ft. roc will give you your best play. Foi I smallmouth and spotted bass, H to 15 pound test nylon line does the trick; will also serve well foi largemouth unless you are fishing predominantly largemouth waters, when 20 pound test is probably better. bet-ter. However, if you're using big multiple-hook floating lures and shooting strictly for the big "lunk-ers," "lunk-ers," 25 pound test line doesn't hurt thing, particularly ll stumps, tree roots, and the like are existing hazards. You don'1 get as many strikes if you fish for the "blg-uns," so It hurts all the more when old linesides wraps your line around a root and snaps himself free. |