Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-05-05
ecopyright isiI Oy Stewart 8 Eidd Co.. Iubilshors)


casting weight and they act up in the |
water something scandalous, with a !
perky, sliding crawl that puts a crick |
i'm the back OF a bass In his mad rush |
to give Il the double O. And another |
thing that helps peg up little more |
credit for the small.sized plugs, and |
that is you get very few short strikes |
with them, which Of course means |
that your strike is more effective.
For the fellows who are not par
ticularly fond OF the trebled hooks on
the plug. they can be had in most
cases with either single hooks at
tached or with the twin hook This
twin hook IS practically weedless as
the hooks ride barbed point up which
also makes them just about snagless;
two points in the favor Of the twin
hooks that should make them very
popular I'm addition TO which It is con-
sidered by many anglers as n more
sportsmanlike lure However as far
as hooking qualities go, ] think that
the upriding twin hooks are more eff
fective on the strike even than the
trebles, and you are more likely to
hook 'em for keeps with either the
twin hooks or the singles. as the
hook has more chance TO work in
and stay set than n the FISH is hooked
on the trebled affairs.
The main howl about the trebled
hooks on the plugs is that there are
50 many OF them on n lure some
plugs being armed fore and aft with
five trebles, making 15-pointed barbs
waiting for the luckless fish, while
singles on the same plug would only
make FIVE points that the game fin
would have to evade In his effort to
sink his teeth in the wonderfully
colored chunk of rcd cedar. IL is sell
dom that fish is hooked at the
strike OR more than one barb on a
plug. and It Is a mighty delicate ques-
tlon TO answer. whether he would
have been hooked or not had the plug
been armed with singles ] believe
that the single hooks are just as kill
ing as the treble, IN fact more so.
but that the playing and netting Of
the FISH so hooked, takes just little
keener tackle skill on the part of
, the angler than If the FISH is originally
, hooked on a treble hook.
! Among the plugs that make a talk
! ing selection for the early season 0sh
! ling are the Mascot, which Is a sort oil
< an imitation of a pork chunk tailed
8 with red feathers. il IS small and 2
s lgreat little surface agitator. the fell
/. wings and body throwing up quite Z
4 swirl as &c comes in for the next cast
a The Jim Dandy plug which has a stag
i gering. slow crawl through the water
e like a wounded minnow and a "bacoi
Z getter.' The Baby Crab Wiggler which
+ lives up to its name and wiggles int
= the affections OF the big fms with re
@ markable ease. Il has a backwar,
crawl that would do credit to a liv'
z crawfish. The Babe.oreno. the child o
/ the Bass-oreno and the little cuss ha
e inherited all the good points OF IL
y dad with the added value of beinl
{ small. The Tango, Jr.. and the Tang
e Midget. two surface plugs that hav
e the sure-enough minnow crawl OF tn
:. larger Tangos The Phueger-Surpris
B. minnow which Is a wooden plug with
G out any hardware tackled on 20 max
G It dart. and IL sure has a darting me
e ton that gets 'em, and the Wilso
D. Wobbler with the famous flutes tina
r. send ~ through the water with
e swimming motion just as natural a
e the live minnow.
% DIXIE.