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I approve the click on the Zwarg and Penn reels, particu- 

 larly in dropping back to the fish, since it eliminates the over- 

 run and serves as an alarm clock when the fish strikes the 

 blind bait. You do not have to watch the bait if you have a 

 Penn reel while employing this method of fishing with 

 the drag exerting practically no pressure. Thirty-nine-thread 

 should be used, although fish can be caught on twenty-four- 

 thread and I'm sure many will be taken on this size line in 

 the near future, although it is a terribly rough and difficult 

 task. This is no situation in which to experiment or fool 

 around. 



The leader should be twenty to twenty-five feet in length. 

 I like the 14/0 and 1 2/0 hook on the tandem rig. Glassell used 

 single rig hooks this year and got all eight of his fish hooked 

 in the jaw, as I recall. He's a great fellow for trying things 

 that are out of the ordinary and he has had so much success 

 that who can quarrel with him on this point? 



Black marlin should be gaffed somewhere between the 

 anal and dorsal fins but not around them. The stomach is also 

 a good spot. Their swimming and their runs are the most mag- 

 nificent I've ever encountered and they are out there jumping 

 far ahead. If they get tail up and go down on you you're 

 in for a terrific lot of grief. You must stop them from 

 going down. You've got to assert yourself at some point 

 during the fight and I would never let one of these fish 

 get down under two hundred feet if it's possible to check 

 him. You've got to keep after them all the time. So far as I 

 know, no black marlin have been taken drifting. My theory 

 is that they come in to within at the most ten miles south of 

 Cabo Blanco and fifteen miles north, then turn and swim right 



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