The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-02
Get Your Riggin'

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Get out your riggln'. n. haE
Kings are biting eagerly At the
mouth Of the Puysllup.
Middle Waterway Boatman
Valentine called this morning
n tell OF more than IS salmon
brought in in the earlier hours.
and that the fish were biting
ell morning and probably would
continue all day.
Says he is certain the next
three or four days would pro
vide great sport. just as have
the last three days. Fish IN
m the mouth Of the Puyallup
IN large numbers. he says.
Straight and plugged herring
bring results.
Hansler. Sportsman
And now let me introduce
you to a sportsman OF the finest
type.
Frankie Hsnsler is tn. name.
Hes a hard working citizen in
hts 3o's.
His spare hours or days and
his vacations are spent IN the
Reid on the streams IN
the outdoors running dow
vicious predators.
He knows this region sew
eral counties probably a.
vel ~ any individual In the
stste.
Ten -. fifteen -. twenty
thirty or more mile hikes 10 his
game grounds mean nothing.
He can scale a trailless noun
tain side as well as a mountain
goat.
He can do anything any
woodsman can do. II il much
OF his very life.
Which brings us to the last
trip he made far up King
county's steep, rugged noun
tains.
Led a party far up to a cer-
tain lake. watched them fish and
land between SIS and 90 wonder
full rainbow trout that ran as
high as IA inches.
But did not fish himself.
Wanted the others to enjoy it
al.
The others were Mrs.
Hansler and four youngsters,
two 81 them II, two ~.
The Httls sprouts p Phil
and Bob Mcconnell, Dick John
son, son of Rick. the copper. and
Don Hsnsler Of the Frankies.
Never saw such happy,
gam. kids. Went up those five
mountain side miles without a
complaint. Came down the trail
route. l0A miles, with happy
laughter.
Dick johnson and Bob NC
Connell caught their fish on
flies. Every dad blasted one OF
them. That is what I like to
e . the youngsters start out
with flies. There is more fun
IN catching one fish on a fly
than so on bait.
But the youngsters
hhe 10 catch fish on bait when
the fish won't take flies -. let
them fish bait. BY bait, l mean
spinner and worms or worms or
grubs. The salmon egg Well,
A far as | am concerned, they
can eliminate them"
incidentally =. you rant
beat the women.
Mrs. Hansler made that long,
straining hike with just an or
binary pair Of shoes.
Her feet torn and blistefed so
sn. wss oohRed 10 remove them
On the down trail, she kept at
the task, step for step. with the
Others.
Went snpTepsrsd for s1ch
terrific hike, but once on the
ground and the plans changed
she stuck out her chm and
gamely said:
Go ahead, III follow.
And by gum that is just what
ehe did.
You can't beat the women.
Jap Gut Froze
when our Uncle Sam put the
"freeze" on japanese assets. ne
made a decision that affected
many American anglers.
Just as he did when he rolled
up his sleeves and started 10
whip himself in shape for any
tough sggressor.
No more japanese fishing gut
will reach our shores while the
ban Is on.
Just a. all orders in Amen-
can factories for steel trolling
wire have been cancelled or re-
jeeted.
The wire contains nickel
and that's a metal needed IN de-
Tense work.
However, anglers need not
worry about the japanese gut #
and when the supply on hand s
exhausted.
The reason, Of course
Amencsn-msde Nylon leaders
and lines.
Nyion is true tested. without
blemish.