FISHING THE PACIFIC 



the pilot rules, tells how to distinguish lights, buoys and fog 

 signals, explains the compass, how to plot a course and take 

 bearings. It introduces you to celestial navigation in such a 

 manner that you do not have to be a mathematics professor 

 to understand it. The late George Mixter deserves a vote of 

 thanks from yachtsmen and sport fishermen for his grand 

 contribution toward helping the layman learn navigation the 

 easy way. 



My friend the late Paul Townsend was the greatest naviga- 

 tor among my fishing friends and acquaintances. Hugo 

 Rutherfurd and Ben Crowninshield are remarkably capable 

 and Joe Gale is another expert in the art. Alfred Glassell 

 always pays minute attention to charts, ranges and bottom. 



Light Tackle versus Heavy 



One of the greatest rewards of salt-water fishing comes to 

 the man who, after taking different sizes of fish on heavier 

 line, can cut down his line to smaller sizes and still succeed in 

 boating a goodly number of fish. This is one of the great 

 achievements in the salt-water game. It is possible to change 

 the complexion by changing the size of the line. At the same 

 time, light-tackle fishing is a test of good sportsmanship in its 

 highest expression. The expert must not be selfish and take all 

 his companions' fishing time in attempting to boat a fish on 

 9-thread when 15-thread or larger should be used. I think 

 that a man equipped with 15-thread and a lo-ounce rod go- 

 ing out after school tuna would be pretty sore, and rightfully 

 so, if a shipmate elected to use 6-thread on these junior tor- 

 pedoes. The lighter-thread man would probably have to fight 

 them for from thirty minutes to an hour, thereby immobiliz- 



250 



