FISHING TACKLE AND COMMENTS 



Even though good fishing lines are costly, when you con- 

 sider how much depends on them they are really the cheapest 

 part of your trip. If you haven't good lines, and enough of 

 them, a day of your vacation may be spoiled. I don't believe 

 in taking lines off the reels nightly if you are fishing every 

 day, but I would put them on a line dryer if they are not 

 being used for long periods. You certainly don't want to go 

 many miles on a grand fishing trip only to have hne trouble. 

 That would indicate deplorable planning. The line I per- 

 sonally would choose is the Ashaway, manufactured in Ash- 

 away, Rhode Island. Juhan Crandall, son of the late head of 

 the company, has spent years in perfecting its product and he 

 and his associates have done a lot for the sport. Their plant 

 has the finest equipment, and their line walk, of which there 

 are only two in the United States, is one of the most extraor- 

 dinary places imaginable. It's a memorable experience to see 

 the yards and yards of line being stretched and laid in this 

 building, 725 feet long. Frequent fogs and the consequent 

 damp atmosphere of Ashaway make it ideal for the manufac- 

 ture of lines, and was the reason for the choice of the site. 

 While the Ashaway Company manufactures only about 25 

 per cent of the fishing line in the United States, I beheve that 

 over 90 per cent of the world's record fish have been caught 

 on it, particularly in salt water. The Crandalls have always 

 been noted pioneers and were the first to put glass line on 

 the market. They also introduced the nylon line, and now 

 have their new Dacron Lifesaver, which should be the answer 

 for a synthetic, or nonlinen, hne. It does not stretch and has 

 taken fish up to 780 pounds. Dacron looks good and is tops. 



J. T. Crandall represents the third generation of the family 



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