Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 June 1951 — Page 14

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SUNDAY, JUNE 17, 1051 :

t's Bass Time

Largemouth or Small

~—They’re Both Great

The following article was written for The Times fishing page by Gorden Graham, news editor of radio station WIBC. Mr. Grohom is widely known in . Indiona as an outdoor enthusiast and expert on both hunting and fishing. His articles have appeared in the top outdoors magazines in the notion.

5 By GORDEN GRAHAM News Editor, WIBC

The bass . . . . bless 'm all. If you visit your favorite stream or lake today%and find the familiar water wearing a collar of foam like a glass of beer, it's because the bass season is only a little more than 24 hours old. The traffic is terrific. No other fishing date seems to

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Threatene By Shortage

What's going to happen to name-brand fishing tackle in the] light of demands made on ma-| terials due to the increased de-| fense effort? | The manufacturers themselves, are uncertain, All the major makers of fishing gear face the same problems. And from reports all are at present in the same situation.

[safe to say that since midnight {Friday when it became legal to take 'huro. salmoides (the bigmouth bass) and micropterus dolomieu sma 11mouth), more lines have! Been wet, plugs lost,

men fallen over-| board, wives and| bosses lied to

and allbies re-|

Typical of the large manufac-| furbished than | turers is the Shakespeare Co. who! in any other describe the position this way: Mr. Graham equal period of

When present stocks of fishing the year. tackle move off the shelves of We've both the largemouth and! sporting goods stores and tackle the smallmouth bass here in cendepartments, some old familiar/tral Indiana, and it's a tossup as conditions may confront the an- to which provides more sport! gler . . . “name brand” reels and per annum for local fishermen, rods and even lines, only recently The bigmouth seems to grow a/ in abnormally heavy supply, may little larger and to do better in move. back under the counter. warmer, more stagnant waters.| Material shortages and restric- (On the other hand the smalltions are inevitably limiting the mouth seems to have the edge in output of well known makes of sheer ferocity when he’s on the tackle, as the bigger manufac- hook. turer swing more completely into " ’ the national defense program. He Says They're Tough | At Patton lake, near Martins-|

No More Orders lyville, a fisherman will let. you

A representative of the Shake- heft seven or eight pounds of speare Co. said this week that largemouth and loudly declare his company long ago directed its that here is the biggest bundle representatives to “stop taking of fishing dynamite that central orders” for practically every reel Indiana affords. in its line. : | Stop another fisherman on WalSince January this company nut, Wildcat or Eagle creeks and has been oversold, particularly on he'll tell vou, the smallmouth, its*new “direct drive” reels with though smaller, more than makes Nylon gears. Hardly had this|it up in speed, acrobatics and] company announced this new type ability to throw the hook. On| reel when restrictions on the use the table, it's about a tossup as of aluminum curtailed production to which eats best, in the face of a consumer demand The bass is a prolific cuss and for the item that the Shakespeare this, coupled with his willingness Co. sopkesman termed ‘“over- to hit bait at practically any, whelming.” : time of day and any season of Unusually acute shortages of the year, makes him top attrac-|

{tion for fishermen in our section Nvien, used is the gears of ines of ‘the midwest. About the only

reels, aggravated the situation, with the result that stocks of ting that stops him is muddy] these reels in some cities, particu-| > larly the Midwest, were exhausted Everybody ithe Das 2 by Christmas and only a trickle CAR take him Pp . '

streamers, spinners, wobblers, of replacements has been avall-| poons, pork rinds, minnows,

‘eraws, heligramites, leeches, Limitation orders pertaining to frogs tadpoles, grasshoppers and the use of brass, nickel and cockroaches. A big gob of night-| chromium have made it necessary crawlers is practically unbeatable.

“to discontinue many models of {se a hand-line, a casting rod,

reels in which these materials are fiyrod, spinning tackle, or an oldused. And, at the present time the fashioned cane pole. You can cast use of brass is permitted only for your bait, still-fish, skitter it, gears, bearings and certain re- troll, or dap (that's quietly dunkplacement parts, but not for ing your bait here and there in frames’ and other parts of reels likely looking spots for a moment usually made of this alloy. or two, then dunking it again a

Rods Better few feet away). i

The rod situation hag been will Hit Anytime slightly better, but this company, A bass will hit it in motion or pioneer in the manufacture of when it’s lying still, After dark, | fiver glass rods, has never been he's likely to be up 4n the shal-! able to bring its production| lows at the edge of the lake, pros-| abreast of demand, despite the pecting around, and then he “erection of a million doilar fac- seems to like a surface bait that +tory in South Carolina devoted makes a bit of a fuss as it's exclusively to the production of drawn through the water. { «fiber glass rods. While its sup-! The bass is a versatile critter ~plies of glass fibers nave been and there are numerous ways of | “only slightly less than adequate, coming up with him. Right now, “the manfacture of aluminum we haven't had sufficient hot) handles has posed a probiem and weather to drive him into the cool! “the scarcity of this material will depths of the lakes, so you'll like-| eresult in greatly reduced produc- ly find him ‘most anywhere in #tion in the immediate future. your favorite fishing water . , . . More critical than any other probably around the weed-beds «raw material is the shortage of that harbor his favorite food . , . “Nylon, now used almost exclu- fish smaller than himself. ! ‘sively in manufacture of lines for —— tr | fresh water fishing and, to a Food Colors Fish

“great extent, for salt water an- . Bling, too. \Silk, linen and cotton| The color or tint of the flesh of |

«have been almost completely re- a fish is governed largely by “ placed by Nylon, linen ig a lesser what it eats and the mineral “extent than the other two mate- content of the water-—so it is|

: rials. iclaimed. | sto | ; ’ REMEMBER! FISHING SEASON IS OPEN NOW! 1 OCEAN CITY ET Gott REELS—-$7.50 EIE1LLAC $4.95--$5.95 Iq, 5]: 13:13 : diggs CASTING RODS 4», 33.95

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12V2-b. seen $1.33 150. ...... $1.44

These Will Lure Them 1 5 Jack's Old Joo... s+. $128 Jack’s Dual fSpmner. .. «so S126 Whson Blue River Spinner..$1.35" Johmson’s Sfitver Mimmow, $1.05-$1.20-§1.35

We RUE SPORTING me

|elevate the temperatures of | ‘Hoosier fishermen quite like ¥ Tackle Supply the annual opening of the §

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Needle-Sharp Rod's No Hooks Get = Best Results =

The most important thing in| connection with your hooks is tol keep them sharp as the tip of a | needle. Contact with fish, rocks, snags land other obstructions can soon dull the barb point, gi poor penetration and frequently the {loss of a fish. Remember, " [it's always the big one which gets away and frequently a dull hook! has been the cause of the loss, |

USE CARE-Your rod wan't PIS, oo tod fa

To keep the hook points sharp| made to be a derrick so don't the outfit carry a small hone. Such an ac-| po o po oh tant than cessory is inexpensive and should : and stubbler be an important unit in the tackle ; : . the latter, for box. Hook holders are handy is fitted to the gadgets, keeping snelled hooks In S fishing, the line is Mi order and preventing the usuali™ rod.

tangling whieh results when car : ; 1 Ro ka ~'Some Fishermen |, sous. ny roce come . Corks Useful e | {actions, iy, iy is a term Corks are handy as a hook strength, .

holder. | How's the barometer? | Sizes of hooks are anything] Many fishermen ply their sport actions are “trout,”

By ED KENNEDY

What do you need in the way of equipment to catch fish? You don’t have to shoot the family fortune on expensive fishing gear all at once.

A pole, a length of line, a hook and a garden variety of worm are the first requirements. Those, and a desire to go out and sit on a bank or wade a stream. But for the fellow who wants to graduate from the cane pole stage into bait and fly casting more equipment is needed. Remember, however, the rod and reel for both the ‘bait and fly rod have only one purpose— to deliver the bait to the vicinity of the fish, From there on it's up fo you and the finny. _ How much money should I spend for my equipment is then the oft-asked question. That 10 me depends on how much fishing you do and how many times during the year you will get to use your gear. A friend of mine had been a cane pole expert of long standing, but wanted to get some better equipment. We went to a sporting goods counter and got him fixed up

FISHERMAN'S

with adequate equipment for about $30. This included a bait reel, a glass rod, both of name brand make, a number of plugs and the necessary line, leader and what have you. In either fly rod or bait rod the action, not the price is the important thing. In reels it is necessary to have a good recl for balt casting. The reel on a fly rod, however, is only a place to store line. To equip yourself for fly fishing you need a fly rod, with good action, a reel, the line, leader and hooks plus an assortment of flies. The best friend to the novice

that I can suggest is the man |

behind the sporting goods counter. If you're buying tackle for

the first time, talk it over with |

him. Set a figure that your budget can stand and tell him what ft is. Between the two of you, you'll come up with good serviceable equipment that will last you a long time and give you untold hours of pleasure. Then in the future when you become more proficient and

learn more about the sport you |

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Equipment Costs Whatever You Make If; ooh. Sinn dain annea. nec The Fish Don't Worry About the Price

‘but standard. No. 6s in the Pa- with the aid of this instrument. | medium.” If falling, they believe that they)

{sizes. Make comparisons with a might just as well find something hook getting results and use else with which to occupy them‘what you have nearest to it. selves, Ir rising—that's the time to ounces in weight 3 When fishing with minnows, Bet busy with the rod, reel and is the hook point should be as sharp ne. A high Darommette i» sald to matter of choice. The longe Fishing should always be fun as possible, Faking the pe métEa poor for the sport. : however, gives shaver Work, through both lips or the skin at| There are five common periods greater height above . Don’t try to toss a plug a [the base of the dorsal fin. Try-to the barometer—high, low, ris-of the water, makes mile until you've mastered ing to force a dull hook intoling, falling and stationary. Of up of the line. hitting a given spot 20 feet * those positions can readily bring/the five, only one—falling—seems : away. : about the death of the minnow, to have adverse effects upon fish- . Material Varies vq Don't Iash the water fore and | For Best Results ing, according to the best of au-| The rod itself may be of hams boo, tubular steel or glass, =

aft with a fly until you've | thorities { A lifeless minnow will never » ; The reel, which may be

learned to drop it by a lily pad | 0} tne same results as a lively | A low barometer, as long as it

can branch out into more items for your kit.

at 25 feet. r automatic, - one apparently making an effort/ls stationary, has been productive action or a is Fishing can be as expensive |, ppt y 8 lof i 3 LORAIN : place to store the excess line. a sport as you care to make it. | yncidentally, remember min | Leaders are determined by the .

By the same token there's no | 5 ‘RAS species being fished for, as Ww budget in town so small that Fo Swit at at Step Into Middle _ las the condition of the 5 ate it can't afford the necessary [trance downstream. The flavor of, Always step into the middle Tapered lines and leaders ma gear for enjoyable fishing. |the bait will carey downstream, of a-canoe and never permit any-/used as the fisherman And remember, there's no causing the minnows to follow it one to jump into it. The latter isperience, which, after

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