The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-07
TIPS FROM THE GUIDES.
NV Dear Buck

on the question of guides. Taken as
whole the men of the North Woods
are a fine bunch of good fellows and
they sure put up with a lot of hard
ships in the first line of trenches dodg-
ing anglers gas shells on the subject
of fishing. Most guides who handle
the city chap on his first big time in
the woods have more real fishing lore
and knowledge tied up in their hat
racks than they are given credit for.
And heap of this downright good
fishing dope never reaches the surface
because sometimes, Mr.. C. G. don't mix
in right, he sort of rubS the fur the
wrong way. Get on a man to man
basis right at the start and have your
listening ear in good shape. Your
fishing will be more successful and
you'll have an all round better time.
Your guide, probably has spent the
greater part of his life on the waters
you will fish and he sure ought to be
given credit for knowing something
about fishing conditions on those wa
tiers. If you give him the glad hand
| old timer and treat him white, toteing
your share and mixing In" right he'll
open up and give you line of fishing
| that will be remembered for many
day. And just let few of his tackle
| tips and fish facts soak In, they are
nearly always good and you can use
'em any time.
Tips From a Real Guide,
While on recent trip with Earny
Wendt, the greatest little guide that
ever brought q musky to gaff, passed
the buck to him in this fashion. Ear
n.y." l said, what is the worst boner
pulled by the city fisherman in the
high art of tossing the bait to the Gag
er fishes" Between turning the fish
that was browning in the pan and NOV
ing the coffee pot to place of safety
when 1t threatened to boil over, Earny
slipped this over the home plate. We'll
HOmbre, there are a number Of things
that a fellow will do that makes 1t
hard to fill the stringer, first nearly
everyone tries to cast too far, they
have an idea that unless they make
about rs feet of line fly off the reel
on O cast that said cast is q failure,
while as a matter of fact, as you well
know, cast of from % to 80 feet will
get more fish than the longer casts
! unless the water is very clear and theI
throw it out not above so feet"
"And another thing" said Earny, as
he wiped the smoke out of his eyes
"Some of the spoons and spinners they
bring up into this country are some
size. They sure use them too large.
have always found small spoon, sd.
a No. 2 or 8, about right for most fish
Ing. OF course you can use them NJ
, to No. 6 or on rough day. when tn,
water is moving a bit, but the grea
, big chunk of tin they try out on thu
musky sure must look funny to the oil,
boys when 1t goes
; Striking at the right time is an
y other point" he said as we starte
, work on the piping hot grub. fit for
: king, at least it tasted so after day
. steady work at casting. with tn
: plugs they don't strike soon enoug
O and with the natural bait they strik
:. too soon. Unless fish hooks itself b
:. accident when he hits the artificia
4 plug, the majority of fishermen ar
not ready to strike at the right time
You got to strike 'em the minute the
hit the plug or they throw it out.
! think where the fall down comes is
not practicing the transfer of the 70
cha 20 hn Iaft J,,s
= before the plug hits the water, the re-
should be stopped and while the 70
= is being swung from the right to til
) left, begin the retrieve Of the plug b
backward move of the rod. TIL
= takes up the slack at the start, give
your lure the right position and sti
you have enough space to swing IL
rod farther back to strike your ifs
q quickly If you get strike. While wit
the live minnows they never give II
fish chance to swallow the bait. I'll
bass, pike, pickerel or wall-eye ge
I orally takes but a small hold on Il
live bait and striking at that time b
G fore he gets a chance to take it aws
= for short run, just pulls the bait O
~ of his mouth. I say let 'em swallow
Il They ought to at least have that plea
are anyway, then give quick, sha
8 strike with a wrist movement, b
quite few of the boys seem to thil
they got to pump the fish clean out
the water. At least that's the way
II looks to me when I see them give
long, swinging sweep Of the arm
e. the strike
SO you see old timer if you want
earful of real fishing facts, lay 20
cards on the table with your pal, t
n guide, and play the game Of the OF
- doors clean. It'll pay mighty well a
start a friendship that will last I
D years. DIXIE.
II We sometimes wish the fellow W