FISHING TACKLE AND COMMENTS 



weight is naturally going to be brought up unless the angler 

 exercises particular care in keeping it down. I am in the cate- 

 gory of those who do. 



Although the roller tip is a very desirable item and no one 

 makes them better than Tycoon, it is not completely essen- 

 tial, nor do I believe that roller guides are a must, but, of 

 course, they are damned nice to have. While I like high 

 guides, since they add to the strength of the rod, I do not 

 consider them an absolute necessity, but I always like to have 

 them. The felt grip, however, is vital to me on rods weighing 

 down to 1 6 ounces. With a 6-, 9- and 15-thread work, my 

 preference is a cork grip. These grips are detachable and are 

 allowed under club rules if you are fishing in club waters. I 

 have no rods used with 39-thread that weigh over 30 ounces, 

 and I only use the Bimini King and the Tycoon hickories for 

 giant tuna fishing. My two 39-thread marlin and broadbill 

 rods, which I use for swordfish, silver, black or blue marlin, 

 weigh 22 ounces and are HRH's, not the big Bimini King, in- 

 cluding all the hardware. Mrs. Farrington's heaviest 39-thread 

 rod is also the same weight. Since she now does practically all 

 her fishing with 24-thread she uses the standard i6-ounce tip 

 made to Catalina specifications. However, off Peru I fish the 

 black marhn with a 2 8 -ounce rod. After all, we may meet the 

 looo-pounder there. 



One of the three greatest Tycoon rods I ever owned, and 

 the one I liked best, I used from May, 1939, when it first saw 

 service off Tocopilla, Chile, until I retired it in September, 

 1947. This rod took a few fish that I can't remember, but I 

 do know that it took eighteen that weighed 8,918 pounds off 

 Chile, Cat Cay, Ipswich, Montauk; again off Chile, then off 



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