| Show s B IM RHODY Good Tackle Pays A not believe story about the Ocean City reel and Montague rod pictured inseparable companions com com- companions for nearly 30 years is told by a famous Hollywood cameraman who fishes along the lower coast of California One day the cameraman and a friend were fishing side by side using anchovies for bait The cameraman's cameraman's cameraman's cam cam- friend put his rod and reel down on a piling headed for forthe forthe forthe the bait shack to get hot coffee The rest of or this exciting tale follows inthe inthe in inthe the cameraman's own words Rod nod Goes Overboard Suddenly something hit his line and before I could grab his rod the they y wf Both good as ever darned thing went overboard and started for tor China n Sl L L We n ve t dragged Ul-il Ul ta the uie ule bottom for lor hours but couldn't find it My friend was furious and blamed me for tor not saving his gear About three months later a terrific storm hit Redondo Beach broke up homes tore up streets and demolished many piers After the storm it was hard to do any surf fishing because of the huge quantities of kelp However I decided decided decided de de- to give it a try I made a cast way out and started to rec reel l in I had snagged on to something and in came the rod and reel we had bad lost Of course the reel was full tull of sand verdigris and marine My friend took one look at atthe atthe atthe the reel and said I could keep it Reel Performance Excellent I later soaked it in a full tull can of kerosene for a week Then I took the whole thing apart and scrubbed every piece I reassembled the reel reeland reeland reeland and it has worked normally through all the years Only adjustment was made 15 years ago when I sent it back for new washers You'd never guess how much use and abuse that reel has has taken and how many fish it has pulled inThe inThe in The rod has been rewrapped but even after all these it h 0 years still will match anything of Its kind Last job of this combination was in August when it brought ina in ina a 27 and 33 pound chinook salmon of oft off the Farallones A 1 A A Start Right Before you try stunt shooting learn how to hit the bulls bull's eye of a stationary target You'll make greater great great- er progress That advice comes from Charles Edward Chapel a top authority on guns and shooting in his latest book Simplified Rifle Shooting In a chapter on moving targets and fancy tancy shooting Chapel tells how the graduate marksman can accomplish some of the known best stunts of the exhibition shooters Line drawings detailing several of the stunts were were supplied for the new book by Winchester Repeating Arms Company Walt Wait For Apex Beginners shooting at a moving target make the mist mistake ke of ot following the target back and forth with the therine rifle rine writes the author of seven standard books for tor shooters The correct procedure Chapel continues Is to catch the swinging target at one end of the swing at atthe atthe atthe the point where It reverses tion A A D A D Nymph No Sinker I Dont Don't use a sinker fishing a a natural natural natural na na- na- na tural nymph unless you have to The sinker interferes with the action imparted by the current and makes makes' it harder to feel a strike Dont Don't let Jet your nymph sink to the bottom and lie JIe there Keep it moving fairly close to the bottom and If U it settles down lift it up and start it again All lies in riffles rimes are good spots to ro fish a nymph The spots behind bars rocks in breaks and in the current eddies are good food |
