Show JIM Check Your Tackle If the line snaps under pressure and a fish gets it may have been due to Improper winter storage and proper In all fishing equipment should be checked carefully each Spring before the active season The time thus spent will be well repaid in peak equipment Examine rods carefully for chips in the loose windings at the guides and loose Ferrules should be gone over with an oily Rods that may have taken a slight set can be straightened by a mild application of heat and gentle pressure of the fingers and flexing of the In all the rod should be broken put in its case and laid on the floor away from heat and Reel care is also important Bait casting reels should be cleaned on the interior by use of a toothbrush which will remove dirt and sand The winding device should also be All parts needing it should be Possibly the one item most responsible for lost fish Is the If weak or It will break at a crucial Wire leaders that are kinked should be Synthetics should be tested for stretch and Silkworm-gut leaders should be checked for knots and rust In checking this be sure to have an assortment of the proper size and The first few feet of line receive the most wear and should be tested for Perhaps a foot or two should be if a considerable length has become the line should be reversed on the An old line can often be on for use as a The success of baits depends largely upon the attractiveness of the nickel and brass wobblers and These should be well Paint can be restored to many Dull hooks should be As the tackle box Is list items needed and purchase them at the first AAA Although the mole lives underground its soft jur is so constructed that no earthly stain defiles its glossy AAA Study The Stream A skilled fisherman usually spends a considerable amount of time watching a stream before he starts He has learned from experience that time spent In observation pays off in and saves a lot of useless casting and That same fisherman measures his success by the number of casts he makes per because he considers that the perfect score is a fish on every cast one cast one or five casis five fish and so It's impossible to shoot a perfect score for any length of of but more than one angler can boast of an or a and on one occasion with wet where two flies are fished on the he may even better a perfect score by taking a double now and This is not to say that Lady Luck doesn't have a hand in because all experienced fishermen agree that luck is a handy thing to have along on a fishing AAA This'll Work Here's a hint on how to get In the spinning business if you have as much as a spinning reel and a fairly heavy-duty fly Using a IVi-foot durable we put on a spinning reel and found that we could toss with ease lures that were far too heavy for the rod when used at the end of 25 or 30 feet of This an old one and practically discarded as a fly was used just like a casting with the lure depending about two or three Inches from the We were using a test monofilament nylon line and the casting properties the rig were really This type of outfit would cut spinning-equipment costs in half for the beginner and would to demonstrate to him whether or he liked this kind of Please don't Wt are not saying that a substitute rig such as we have described will do the work 1 well-balanced spinning outfit will We're merely pointing out that it will serve well the angler not quite ready to go out for AAA Spoons The metal so effective for both the plug-caster and the fly-rod has a long and honorable Its antecedent was a used by the American attached to a hook and line to catch fish and it Pioneer woodsman added an improvement by cutting off the bowl of a metal tablespoon and using it to attract The modern version of the is the result |