European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1947, Darmstadt, Hesse It sep i Hooks Scy for securing fish dinner includes eee ivs and assorted fish younger set prefers Bent string although the Days of hand grenade fishing Are with a Little patience and say nothing of can Hook yourself a Nice Trout dinner by Maurice Frink Many the he says when Hes brought Back Koch says there Are two types of rods for Inland the bait casting four or five feet is made of Metal or its fairly and is used with a bait casting reel and a weighted bait a Fly casting Rod is eight or nine feet made of split its and you use a Fly reel and a Fly casting line which is heavier than the silk or Nylon bait casting you can use a bait casting Rod with a a heavy artificial or with sinkers and a Hook baited with Worms or he Good Way to practice is to go out in the backyard the weeks washing int hanging the important thing in bait cast ing is the thumb motion the plug slows Down As it reaches the end of the but the reel keeps on so you have to put pressure on it gradually with your and As soon As the plug Stop the reel it int but you have to get the Knack of it by trying it out a and the first few times youll get Back he is used to get greater distance than is possible with a but Fly casting is More the Koch is to drop the Fly on the water right Over where you see the in bait its the swimming motion of the lure that tempts the fish to come to Chase it and they make some mighty fancy baits spinners and wigglers and a Fly Rod is harder to get used he but its better sport a Fly Rod is the Best Allaround Rod to have Here in you can troll from a use it like a can pole with a worm or or you can Fly cast the Fly reel mounts at the butt i end of the and is used Only to hold the line and to act As a counterbalance for the weight of the balance is Koch because you use Only wrist you have to have a special heavy because its the weight of the line in Stead of the bait that gives you Dis normally you fasten a six foot gut Leader to the end of the and a Fly to the or you can use two or three at the one in the and one right next to the but you can practice with out anything on the even Hook the pull out ten or twelve feet of he and then curl up some Large loops in the left next to the Elbow next to the forearm at right angles flick the Rod to an up right pause until the line curls Back and shoots straight out behind just As the Fly reaches the full length of the you give the Rod a Forward the and bring it out level in parallel to the the line snaps and just As the Fly reaches the tip the Rod up just a and the Fly sinks Down on the when the fish usually the trouble come when you forget that you have to have a Clear space behind you for the line to More flies have been lost in treetops than in the now if you want to get More Dis Tance you whip the line Back and Forth a couple of and each time it comes Forward you let out some of the line in your left you Only use the reel to hold the and to wind the fish of sometimes it turns out that the fish Doest bite As soon As the Fly a dry Fly and you twitch it a few times with the tip of the pole to give it and then when you want to try some other raise the pole flip the line and into a new a wet to be an insect larva or an underwater and you pull it in a few feet with your left with the you pick it up and cast the same general rules and the i same general baits apply Over Here As they do in the you Hook a fish below the Legal handle it with wet hands and Petit Back in the water As quickly As pos hell give a a to someone later Salmon flies Are common and make Good live bait so do grass but they come later in the to a but lighter in in for live or Small Carp and Pike bite on live bait or Trout go for Koch says that some of the com Mon stateside artificial flies Are the Best for use the grizzly a Fly with a Green Light fuzz or fur on the body of the artificial with Gray wings the Royal a red and Black Fly with White wings the Silver a metallic Fly with a bit of and Gray wings the Black which is All Black the with a yellow and Black body and Light wings and the Salmon which books like the real thing and 1s Are All so if you can Lay your hands on a Little equipment and summon up a Little patience you May be Able to catch yourself a Fine Trout or you May come Home with a hand Ful of blisters and an empty its a great sport As the Captain it be taken too seriously 9 i Una
