The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-29


80. r,.h.rr,.. sbould Garry Hia own
$500 -nurlioet. ,rtnt
- r..,.
49,. .,...to,;., .o,anca nahas nroorese,
=. ...s sss;.s .,a .vrsrs;ve hacome the
NO n,o1e s ~. -ss,.. o,,4nt ..-.,the
bod, tho reel ana tno snSl'nH oos"s' seys s41e
New York Times. 1t would seem now 81
khouoh the limit had been reached, and that
noth;r, new oould be added to the appara-
fNrs. -. ~. ,ortr.rv- aorne nav device
-; nut' Oh sl0 o01s.1, ~. ...-~.s :.
pr knicknack y constantly Ooank 0no1u i. =
khe tackle stores to attract tho eye Of the
q olar Who has money. Nowadays tho Of
as.s - ~. n.nnfacturera are NOT turned
or's ., .no 49, Ss...h,.n, 49, - 3, -.
% mucn 10 nnoing somo.uns e ~" go g n
During improvements ana inner unisn IN
Inc articles of the outfit.
The real has been wonderfully improved
= ths last half century. Beginning With
xooden ahalre. there WAS soon cnanRe iof
brass. Nickel-plated and German silver
followed. and then hard rubber became
mla ~..5-r,,I. ,orIt;cl,;rg reeI
Opua"1' ~ 4-a>-- - -,,. 4 Al -
Vas Rreas aavance' anu 1o.ny
paetty piece OF mechanism. Inc nness reels
have steel piyots upon which they turn.
It is just 70 with tho line. Horse hair
tines were once considered the best. Then
Fame WATERPROOF olled SILK tne Dest OF
which are saturated all through with q
vater-nroof mixture. The evolution of the
"a Sf,a,, A.. h;oLcrv o.rl;ng cnt in the
woods to tho eplit bamboo of six strips was
Sonderful 1ndeed, and now no angler of
Experience Is found without the latter.
nelv-polished lanCewood rods are used
y many for bait-dshinR, and they are
ound durable, sprinRy and satisfactory.
az also been found to make excellent rods,
nd they, too, can be procured for rea-
enable sum. Az improvements were made
the material Of rods, % also there has
cen q change az regards their weight.
twenty years ago the man with .
en-ounce rod was looked upon with won
a. Now fve-ounce rod 10 considered the
|roper thing and 10 found TO be very popu-
N among the fishing tackle dealers. In
unces was used BY q successful angler of
his city recently In killing eighty black
ass.
Asbreak- down to the rod is one of the
lost ANNOYING accidents that can happen
an angler, and vet it is one Of frequent
ccurrence. It does mot take much OF re-
airing outfit to AZ up rod for use, even
houoh the break appears at first to be seri-
"a. end. Of course, 1t tho camp or in his
otel, the fshermmau may have . regular
it Of tools for making repairs. Nowadays
,ols are made so small and they are 50 neat
packed in boxes that they do not take up
luch room. They can easily be carried
\ the pockets Of q coat or in the trout
ssket.
in starting ont for q DAYS fishinq the
noiar shon1d see that HIS repairino tools
re in GOOD order. A good sharp-bladed
ockatfnifa il the basis Of the kit: a little
air Of fiat-nosed CUTTING pliers. a small
ut file. a spool of silk twist. q piece of
aoemaker,s WAY. a pill box containing a
~ rinos Of puides and one or two rod TIPS,
niece nf aandnaner. and little bottle of
trnish or oament comnleta tho list 81 e.
.ntiaia.
One Of these natent little tool holdere
nj often come handy and takes mn ittle
,om in the valinu troneer's pocket.
On the stream only Temporary repairs
lch M will At the rod for use throughout
owever. the rod is oyerhauied and made
good 80 new. So that tho usual work to
@ wns1 4 tis anR th t preahe
hen thu ioint has broken abort of. When
joint or tip is broken over three inches
ON the ferrule it simply becomes q
atter OF spiiclng Inc roo is IN,
hnted ana the sharp knife Whlppeo
~ IN momeng. Inc Two Dfoken
los are Wnittleo Gown 10 tnat tney WI ~