FISHING TACKLE AND COMMENTS 



All relinquished their records since they may not retain 

 them while serving as officers of the Association. Francesca 

 LaAlonte, the efficient secretary, has done an admirable job 

 compiling statistical data and handling the voluminous corre- 

 spondence. Field associates include Joe Gale, Tony Hulman, 

 John Mahony, Joe Peeler and Erl Roman. 



Club after club has joined the Association which maintains 

 constant contact with anglers everywhere and replies to 

 letters from every part of the globe. The organization sanc- 

 tions no tournaments, sponsors no advertising and operates 

 on a nonprofit basis. Mr. Lerner's contributions to its success 

 are made so modestly that they are generally unappreciated, 

 just as few realize the amount of time and effort he expends 

 in advancing the cause of angling. 



The I.G.F.A.'s beautiful year and record books are well 

 worth possessing. They include an enormous amount of val- 

 uable data dating from the genesis of the Association. 



The new ruling announced in May, 1949, decreeing that 

 line threads be measured in pounds instead of threads is an 

 excellent one. Its adoption became mandatory through the 

 consistent use of 3 -thread hne which the manufacturers were 

 unable to make for 9-pound test. The result was that many 

 anglers were taking 3 -thread fish on hne which tested as 

 much as 6-thread or more. Hence the manufacturers insisted 

 that some tolerance be given to the amount of test pounds 

 contained in each thread and that the matter of keeping the 

 record of threads be dispensed with. This also was necessary 

 because there are so many synthetic lines in use today, nota- 

 bly nylon. Therefore anyone hanging up a record as of now 

 must submit not only a picture of the fish with an affidavit 



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