FISHING THE PACIFIC 



lowing the Lerners we had the benefit of their experiences 

 and were in a much better position to put on a show that the 

 men would enjoy and find instructive. 



We traveled under the auspices of the USO and were 

 known as Unit 761. We flew to Honolulu and thence to 

 Guam, where the Air Force attempted to detain us on ac- 

 count of the fishing. Their officers had picked up several 

 marlin which, although I did not see them, I was led to 

 believe were silvers, and they wanted to get more of them. On 

 our return we did stop briefly at Guam and got out, but our 

 orders read Manila so I thought we ought to keep moving. 



On arrival at Manila we went to work immediately. 

 Around the stage and on tables we placed thirty large pic- 

 tures of various species of fish, shark, ray and porpoise. For 

 display purposes we put rods, reels, lines, hooks and lures 

 among the pictures, and, believe me, it was something drag- 

 ging 450 pounds of tackle in boxes all the way out there with 

 a war just ended. We then showed moving pictures about 

 salt-water fishing oflf Chile and New Zealand, fresh-water 

 fishing in the United States and Chile, goose shooting in 

 Maryland, and a couple of others of the Field & Stream Pathe 

 Sportoscopes. When the moving pictures were over the men 

 would come up on the stage and personally inspect and 

 handle the tackle as well as talk to us, and we would attempt 

 to answer all their questions. So many of them would come 

 up at times that the Military Pohce and Shore Patrol would 

 have to form lines to maintain order and limit the number on 

 stage. 



Mrs. Farrington would start the show off by getting on 

 the microphone and telling the men that she was going to let 



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