The Washington times., 1923-08-04

pump and aerate the water every
now and then by pumping air
down into 1t.
4 good plan to follow in chang
ing the water in the nninnow pain
IL to pour it in from height Of,
say, two or three feet.
The Tide Water lines are now
operating what Il known Is the
'Fishermen's Special" The bus
leaves Anacostia station at $50
.. m. every Sunday morning for
Rock Point. Returning leaves
the point at 4 p. m. Price for
the round trip. s..
The entertainment committee of
the Potomac Anglers Association
held meeting on Wednesday night
and selected Sunday, September 90,
as the day for their fourth annual
fishing excursion.
The committee consisting OF PauI
BarStow, chairman; e. D. Barstow,
Charles Mace, Frank Baker, r. D.
Simonds. F. D. Pettis and the Of
ficers Of the association after much
elaboration, chose Chesapeake
Beach a. the most convenient fish
ing grounds to Washington.
Valuable trophies win be awarded
to the winners of big fish on this
yearly outing. The Washington
Times. as in previous years, win
donate D prize to the victor OF the
largest fish of any species.
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For the vacatiOnists intent on
doing some surf fishing, the fol-
lowing rod and reel have been
suggested as the proper outfit:
A surf-casting rod with spring
handle, eighteen inches to two feet
long, with tip that viii give the rod
q total length OF eight or nine feet.
The rod should have large guides
and be fitted with agate bushings.
The split bamboo rod Is not 50
much favorite as the other woods.
because OF the great amount Of
care required to keep the bamboo
in condition. Anglers also deem
steel rods unsatisfactory because Of
the action the sea-water has upon
them.
The reels ussd are for the most
part $50 to 800 yards free spool.
yards are too small for all-around
fishing The best reels are cheap
est In the long run, because they
stand up under hard usage and are
dependable when the big ones start
to run.
I'm batting the hoOlx with n
minnOW the proper procedure Is
to pass the hook through the
lower lip and out the nOstril, or
II the minnOw IS q large sized
one, run the hook through both
lips. For still fishing where the
water is quiet, hook the minnOW,
n small. through the hack, above
the vertebrae or Just behind the
dOrsal fin. Clubs and suckers
can be hooked through both lips
as the lips are very strong on
both Of them.
A help to the novice basser: As
a general thing, right after the
strike OF the bass, and after you
have set the hook with switch
backward of the wrist, the fish
makes a decided effort to start for
other parts. This is the start II
playing the fish; let him go for q
run. but keep slight pressure Of
the thumb on the reel spool, so
that he does not have an entirely
free line. Let him take the line.
let him run, bringing the pressure
down steadily until you have slack
ened him in his flight and have just
enough arch to the rod to make
him pull a trifle. This arch win
eventually furnish the springing.
pull and pressure that will kill the
fish while you play him.
According to the noted Cobb
fishing Is one Of the most an.
Gent Of human institutions, as
Il also is one Of the most honor
able. with human intelligence
fishing originated, with human
speech, the fish-lie. Hand in
hand these two, the gentle art OF
angling and the gentle art Of pre-
vaFicating about IL, have marched
down through the unending cor.
ridOrs Of time.
Beyond doubt Father Adam was
a fisherman. II there were SER
penis In that garden there must
likewise have been fishes; II there
were apple trees there must also
have been twigs and shoots ana
saplings from which. in an en-
Urgency, a casting rod might have
been fashioned; If there were ten
dons' with which to stitch together
our original grandmother rig.Ieaf
tea gown. there must have been
sinews fit to be twined into q four
strand line. There can be no
doubt OF it-Adam fished.
.Jonah had his troubles with q
fish. In the midst Of his lAmen-
tations Job paused to paint q
vivid word picture of q great nSh.
St. Peter was q fisherman by
trade. The earlier Christians In
Rome made themselves known to
their brethren by the sign Of q
S;rh. ST. Patrick ran the snakes
o~t n Ireland but he spared. the
salmon and the trout for st.
patrick was wise and he was
good.
Noah lost one of the most mag
aificent opportunities ever vouch-
Aafed a man for fishing. Water
~aas all about him for forty days
rad forty nights, but he had no
1aM. There were only two, worms
nj board and they were needed for
preceding purposes. Probably IL
he truth were known, the reason
Why Noah embarked on that his
oric Tag on the ark was because
1e couldn't slip a hook over the
Tide and try his luck.