Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-05-11
FLY TACKLE FOR BEGINNER.
Nv Dear Buck;

My Dear Buck:
You want to get into the iy-casting
game, but you feel that the price Of
an outfit Is high. That all depends,
old man, on how you go about 1t. You
have heard so much about rods at $25
to $50 and so on, that 1t makes you
feel sick when you think OF practicing
on such high priced tackle. You ex-
pect to give the tackle some hard
knocks before you get the hang of the
sport and you see your bankroll with
a healthy case OF shrinkage during the
operation.
For a starter there is no need OF
going deeper into the mint for an out
fit than say SIS to $18 and II you do
feel like playing her a little higher,
$25 makes a limit, and at that you can
get a good serviceable outfit that will
take you through the season and give
you a working practice that will make
you a "stay-for-sure" fy-caster.
Select Rod With Care.
or course every fellow wants as fine
an outfit as he can select after he's In
the game and has the rough edges
worn off. A rod for instance should
have the same consideration that n
gives to the selection OF a shotgun
or rifle. 1t takes the same place in the
fishing kit that the gun does In the
hunting layout. A fellow pays a good
price for a gun, he selects the best
he can get and is mighty particular
about the drop-the bore and all de-
tails, because he depends on his gun
to stand him we'll at the right mo-
ment. Therefore as the rod holds the
same value to the fisherman, the care
In selection and the money put into
the rod covers a big vital point In the
outfit.
However, for a starter we can select
a we'll made and serviceable line Of
tackle at a very moderate cost. Here
Is an outfit, from which a selection
can be made at either end, as to
price. and 1t will cover tackle good
enough for any beginner. You can
buy the IS rod or the $40 n or go
anywhere between. and you will get
good value as far as service goes.
Outfit for the Beginner.
Fly rod of split bamboo or steel, Sc
to $40.
Reel, single action. click, 81 to IS.
Enameled waterproof silk line, $3.50.
Half dozen 6 foot gut leaders, $1.25.
Two dozen artificial flies, about
eight patterns, SO.
Fly book, $3.50.
Wicker creel or basket, 50.
Landing net Nolding), $1.25.
Leader box, Csc.
In selecting your rod, make It a 8 to
9h foot in length, S ounce weight,
three piece with extra tip. snake guides,
German silver f~errules and solid metal
reel seat. The rod when together
should turn around in the hand with
exactly the same droop all around. 1t
should show an even curve without
looping over to n side and have
plenty Of action when you whip or
bend It.
The line should be enameled water
proof silk. level braided size E, Here
you can go a little deeper II you wish
and get a double tapered line, which
being lighter at the ends makes less
friction in going through the guides
and enables you to shoot out the line
for greater distance in your casts;
however a level braided line will an.
swer the purpose.
The reel is not as important in fly
casting as in bait-casting, as 1t is
merely used to store surplus line. The
fe~atherweight. 60-yard size, weighing
3 ounces, makes a good all round reel,
while the automatics are coming into
use to a greater extent each season.
Flies You Swear BY.
Whip a stream for a few hours trying
every fly in your kit without a rise
when the fish are 'off," and then pick
a fly at the windup when they happen
to be ION" and get a well-hlled creel
and you will play that fly clean across
the board, until the same thing hap
pens over again with another fly, One
ell-known fisherman who carries In
his kit an assortment of about a Dozen
flies, admits that in the past five years
he has seldom used other than three
flies and he is some fisherman at that
not the porch variety.
For the eight patterns to go with
the above outfit let it go at Coachman
Professor, Queen Of Waters, Cow
Dung, Brown Hackle, Silver Doctor
McGinty and Emerson Hough Buck
tail. This last named fly is a new one
to most trout fisherman, but 1t sure IL
a killer. It isn't a very fancy looking
cuss, Just an ordinary sort Of a fl!
that don't shine up alongside Of thu
dainty looking feathery affairs, but Il
those who have used it, it holds thu
first place in their fly book, becaus,
1t is certainly some creel filler.
With the above tackle. Buck, yol
can have many pleasant days on tn
trout streams and feel that you ar
learning a game that has added at
fractions every time you play it.
DIXIE.