Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-19
THREE-SIX TACKLE
BECOMES POPULAR
ANGLERS DESIRE EVEN MORE
FLIMSY OUTFITS
Members of Catalina Club Experiment
with Six-Strand Lines and Four
Ounce Rods-Japanese
Give Trouble
Special to The Herald

AVALON, July 18.-Notwithstanding
the numerous difficulties which con-
fronted the organizers Of the Three-SlX
movement at Catalina last season, a
great number of these obstacles nave
been overcome, and the anglers who
were acknowledged enemies to the
"himsy tackle concern" are now the
clubs staunChest supporters. Ihe
Three-Six tackle and the organization
of the Catalina Three-Six club, in the
words of Arthur Jerome Eddy of Chi
cago, the father Of the light tackle
fishing. saved the day at Catalina"
This new angling club came into ex-
fstence when the novelty of catching
fish with a nine-ounce rod and nine
strand line was rapidly losing its IN
terest among the general angling ira
ternity. The ThreeSix club now has
to date twenty-nine anglers who have
captured fish under the clubs regula-
tions, and of this number four of the
anglers are women. The membership
is divided into three degrees, and the
rod wielders have for a motto More
Sport-Less Fish"
Having overcome the prevailing diff
ficulties of three-siX paraphernalia, the
more enterprisng Waltonites are again
dissatisfied with their outfits. Angling
is but the survival of the fittest," said
President 7. Med. Potter. "A fish of
large size can be brought to gaff on a
cotton thread If the angler Will give
sufficient attention to the movements
of his catch. Some days ago Mr.. Eddy
was successful in landing an eighteen
pound yellowtail with a siX-strand line
and a small reel containing 900 feet of
line but few of us propose to do
stunts this season which will no doubt
bring the light tackle movement promi-
nently before the general angling
public"
Foursounce Rod Used
1t is understood that some success
full experiments have been made In
landing yellowtail on a four-ounce rod.
The difficulties now confronting the
anglers is to obtain a strand of line
under a six strand which will stand a
proportionate tension in fight. An
other obstacle to be overcome is. the
fact that while a line can be obtained
which will materially fill the require
ments, this same line will not stand
the constant chemical action of salt
water. Barbless hooks, so that con-
stant strain will be necessary to bring
the fish to gaff, or otherwise the angler
will lose his catch, are also one of the
features of the tackle experts. Said Mr..
Eddy: "a barbed hook greatly assists
in the capture of any fish. An angler
catch a yellowtail takes me chances
of losing his fish than an angler who
uses a light rod and a barbed hook.
Not only does the barb Of hook mu-
tilate the mouth of the fish, but it
also prevents it from Kidding itself
from the anglers devices and scientific
methods of welding the rod"
Announcement was made today that
Deputy District Attorney Mccormick
and Game Warden w. B. Morgan are
to pass part of next week in looking
up the fishing conditions at Catalina
Many complaints have been lodged
against Japanese fishermen from San
Pedro, who are constantly setting nets
for the capture of white sea bass, yell
lowtail and other edible fishes. 1t is
understood that witnesses can be OBJ
tained who will prove that nets one
mile in length. and which have been
set with heavy moorings have been
found off the west end of the island.
Other witnesses are said to be in wait
ing who will prove that on certain
dates the owners of the said "set nets
have secured in one haul over ten tons
of fish.