The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-15
SPOONS AND SPlNNERS.

old top, for trolling and casting, the
old reliable spoon is probably more
generally used than any other kind
your memory book, it often gets
the fish when other lures fail to coax
the big fins out of the wet.
or course the spoon don't look like
any natural bait nor does it appear to L
the beginner as particularly attrac- 1
tive feed for a hungry fish, but it
does the one thing necessary in the /
fishing game. and that is, it attracts
the fish, After you have had a spoon
bent double by an over-zealous fish |
trying to inhale it, you will realize t
that it is sure some attractOr.
Accidental Discovery of Spoon.
Way back in your A, B. C days, so !
piscatorial historians claim, an old
sour-dough was washing his one spoon
and plate after a repast of johnny
cake and bacon. when by accident the
spoon topped into the water and did
a salome down to the bottom. AS the
spoon zig-zagged down through the
water he noticed the quick. sharp
flashes of light reflected from the
bowl of the spoon, and at the same
time a lake trout getting the light
( flashes, made a lunge for the spoon,
dullcd his teeth on it and beat it.
Thanks 10 the old "hard-panner' and
his ability to assimilate an idea, VIC
have the legion Of spoon bats today.
! out of no
| bowl, bored a hole in each end. linked
/ a hook in one end and line in the
other, and ate fish for supper that
| night.
/ The changes that have been made
/ in the old original spoon in shape,
/ size and decorations runs up into the
! hundreds. sThey are plain, futed,
grooved hammered, corrugated, rib
bed, and whatnot, and as long
as they spin around in the wa
ter they get the fish. You can get
them in gold, silver. nickel, copper,
brass or enamel, and if you tried out
the whole kit, you'd be busy the rest
OF the season without a layoff for
grub
Great Stuf Tor IroIllnS.
For trolling the spoon hook will
hold its own any time. Bass, pickerel,
pike and muskie like to give it the
Uncover as it glides Through the wa
ter shooting it's light shafts in all di-
rections. 1t can be seen for quite
distance under water and can be
used either with plain hooks or with a
feathered or buck-tailed treble hook A
single hook with a minnow, sinner,
frog or pork rind works well with a
. spoon.
. For bass. a No. tandem Hide
, brandt Slim Eli or Standard shape or
Skinner No. Fluted Spoon
I makes a selection that will help fill
. the stringer while pickerel and muskie
require a larger sized spoon, say a
No. to 10, for single spoon, and
No for the tandem spinner.
, For casting you will need No.
+. single spoon which you can use with
o out any other bait or with an eyed
Il fly or natural bats. A strip of pork
+ rind cut to the shape of a minnow anG
used with the No. spoon makes {
bait that is sure enough killer.
As long as you keep it moving IL
the water, a spoon will turn around
and you have a chance at attracting
the fish, but leaving it die a SLOW
I" death, and merely come through tn
~ water without any action is a loss o
time to you. It's the movement ant
the light shafts from the spoon tina
~ attract the fish, and it's up to you t
= keep the bait moving
On it's way to glory the little oil
# spoon has even been copied by tn
u. trout fisherman and on dull da
80 = small Colorado spinner can be see
~ better than the fly alone. Often whe
w the trout fails to take the fly on tn
'' surface. they will give it the "clost
- up" if sunk to the depth where the
lie with spoon for helper. Earl
in the season when the waters ar
high and roily as we'll as clouded wit
mud, the spinner is an asset to tn
st trout fisherman.
en- For afterdark fishing, which is th
time the big ones are generally on tn
~ still hunt for feed, the Pfueger-Tal
dem luminous spinner makes goo
NV bait This is also fine for moo
N light trolling. The luminous spinnt
must be exposed to the sunlight b
fore using at night, the same as tt
- artificial plugs used for night fshin
When all other lures fail you ca
generally count on getting the fis
nm il you fall back on the spoon, eith'
nd in trolling or casting, and your tack
m, box is not complete, old man, unle
tu you are prepared for emergencies wit
to- a selection of single and tandem spool
- and spinners in Nickel brass and co
~ per Just remember this, howeve
X. keep them well polished and when "
ror use them, keep EN- moving.
n : DIXIE.
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