The sun., 1918-07-10
ROD AND GUN NEWS
HIGH WATER FOR LOCAL ANGLERS 10 TO


| or
Anglers to Honor Frances Day.
| In honor OF July II and France the
United Anglers League will hold a patri-
| otic meeting tomorrow night In the audi
| torium OF the World Building. The prin-
| cipal speaker will be julius LYMAN.
wormins for Trout.
Question; Is the worm a good bait. and
hoy do you rig rig them h;In. Inv woru,Dx l. for
trout Is a simple affair. Take the ordinary
trout gang Of two small hooks. about No.
\ y size, tied to looped leader.
Tie this on your leader and you can
either take one large sized worm and hook
1t on the top hook, leaving the short end
on the second hook, allowing the other end
Of the worm to dansls loosely. or you can
take two smaller sized worms and slip one
the middle OF the worms.
This latter method Is usually found more
effective, as the worms are far more lively.
and the more wiEgle to friend worm the
more interest created among the trout.
And In the early season. after a hard
setting new altitude records. believe me.
there is nothing more alluring to the trout
than aforesaid wisgle OF the worm
Thread Challenges Anglers Ability.
Anti-cotton threaders make much OF the
fact that linen and silk lines are manufac-
tured for fishing. and that cotton threaders
are as 1t were, outlaws for seeking their
a
group Of expert anslersF and good
sportsmen (among whom James Jordan,
though small In stature, looms large In
Importance seized upon Jordan's original
feat with cotton thread as the embodi lime I
u.s. So expert had they become with linen
tain to mean a fish In the boat. They
wanted something that would make a
tent possible on their skill in meeting the
ish's store OF strength. eTped1ents and en-
durance.
No line then made. or, to their knowl-
edge, now made. tested as little as four
pounds and was spun of textile suitable
Tor use In fresh or sat water except No.
~ cotton thread. II such line of silk or
linen was procurable perhaps the Cotton
I rheard Club would have been some other
Rut aside from tho pr,ncip,e moved
there Is a value to the words cotton
thread. used in the name OF "A fishing club
Advertising as a valuable asset to any or
sanization trying to prove the value of an
Cotton thread fishing as an idea 4.
more likely to attract the anglers a:ten-
ton than three thread line fishing" for
angler Ike saw edged collar on the per-
spring neck of an afflicted citizen. There
Is something going on In the angling game
the fishing rod and reel.
=, Even II he disdains thread 1t is like the
thistle under the mules ssdde--it goads
IKE to try 1t in some secluded spot, but is
AFRAID he might fail. and as he has a rep
failure. VA
But" the cotton threader says by way
9 or comforting him. you need not fear
Mhen you use your linen line that can Ntt
eesnieen pounds without breaking you at
tach a leader which can INT only ten
pounds. so you don't lose your line. then
you attach snelled hook which can INT
only six or seven pounds. so you don break
your leader. 'eN
Your four pound cotton thread line Will
De tne weakest part OF your outfit You
VIII take pride In your ability to fsh ali
unay with 1t and come back with the same
.ine' leader and perhaps hook az the rut
vas NOT worn by the fishes teethJ and the
hs n YOU caught. $500 'e
from the dav YOU do this you will he
cohhfned threader, fishing wherever and
whenever thread can be used, and will NOT
rtstet that you do not always use linen or
sl.k ines Tor the gentlemen Of the nisca
'oriat world. the game Ash
Hs" io!k. July I. GOSSYPIUM
"keokuk" Makes Frog Convert