The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-04
THE BAIT-CAsTING OUTFIT


My Dear Buck:
SO you are sure stumped old man.
when it comes to getting together a
balt-castlng outfit. Been hitting her
up with the old cane pole and any old
hook or line, and getting the fish,
but every time you pass a tackle lay
out IN sporting goods store, your
hands fairly itch to swing one Of those
short bait casting rods, and then you
sorta hold back. Cause you don't
! just know what's really needed and
you sure don't want TO tip off your
hand to the fellow on the inside"
| that you are shy on tackle dope.
| Slip this into your card index, you
can get good outfit together for s12
! to SIS that will give you rafting good
! service and at that, be line Of tackle
that you need never be ashamed of.
It'll stand up under the hard knocks
| that you probably will hand it and
with little practice. will get you fish
for your stringer At the same time
1t will make a good showing with any
other fellows tackle, unless of course,
he happens to be "he-whop" for coin
and overdoes the tackle stunt.
Rod Either Split Bamboo or Steel.
For rod it can be either split bam-
boo or steel and between and 5la
feet in length. In split bamboo you
can get good one for 81 to 81 The
tWo-piece rod is fine bender without
straining at the ferruIe, which is be-
low the center, well to the butt; it is
full of snap and whip.
steel rod is strong and durable, and
Is just stiff enough to make long casts
with precision and whippy enough to
make short cast with ease. The
reel seat is close to the grip, which
makes thumbing the reel less firing.
The extra large guides and tip are an
aid to casting as the line shoots out
freely without much friction on the
guides.
Reel Is the Heavy Worker.
For a reel you will want a quad
ripple multiplying, or in other words
old "hoss,' there are four revolutions
OF the core of the reel to one turn OF
the handle-that's for speed In giving
you casting distance and also to re-
trieve the line quickly with the small
est amount of hand work
BY far the biggest end Of the bait
casting work depends upon the reel,
1t is the most important item in the
outfit. The average days fishing runs
about six hours of continuous casting.
at all Of which time the reel Is hard
at work playing out line and recover
ing 1t. This is steady grind and the
reel must be good one to stand up
under the strain. This only goes to
show that poorly constructed reel
will shortly throw up the sponge with
a few wheezy shrieks and about that
time, far away from u tackle outftter,
you will let out a few choice cuss
words and give it the Christy Mathew
son into the weed beds
There are many good reels that you
can get, ranging from 81 to $3.50, and
hey will all do the work and do it
we'll.
Goodby to BackIashes.
If you are shy on time to practice
humbing the ordinary reel, and you
lon't want to bother with back
ashes,' which happen more or less
o even the sure-enough fishermen,
'ou can get an antibachlash reel and
tart casting with practically no prac-
ice.
For line, get fifty-yard spool Of
waterproof soft square braided silk
20. 6, which runs freely from the reel
nd with the least amount Of friction
n the guides and is easily thumbed
Without burning. A line of this kind
will cost you SOC and it will not get
uZzy nor swell up when wet.
Artificial Plugs and Wobblers.
OF lures or artificial bats there
re- legion and they range from 10c
p. Some are worth it and some are
OF. You'll probably want to buy ev-
~ one you see, and try 'em out
hats part of the game, but for q
tarter, u few minnOw-shaped lures, Of
'hite, red, green, rainbow and perch.
ught to interest any old bass or other
anne fish. You can pick up a collec-
on Of plugs for a few dollars, that
Dntains every kind Of a wiggle, wob-
lie, dive and movement in the deck
nd if you keep them moving when in
lie water, there is no reason why any
lgh-brow bass won't strike them out
pure inquisitiveness just to see what
axes 'em do it.
For your pork rind, frogs and live
innows you will need a few spinners
ld'spoons. Get single and tandem,
lin Eli No. 3, and couple of new
lsting spoons Ak, bright nickel and
hite enamel.
With a couple little odds and ends
lch as sinkers, extra hooks and an
l can, you have bait casting outfit
at should help you bring home the
lcon," OF course you nave to learn
Nv to use it.
-. DIXIE