FISHING TACKLE AND COMMENTS 



South Bend Rod Company turns out some very durable 

 double-belt sticks which are bought by small retailers for use 

 in manufacturing surf rods. California's shops have good ones 

 for sale. 



I would never employ a glass rod under any conditions 

 except for surf or plug casting. I do not believe glass will 

 stand up for any length of time. The Shakespeare Company 

 puts out a fine line of glass casting rods for anyone who wants 

 to use this type and I can heartily recommend them. Per- 

 sonally I never use any kind of metal or steel rod. With glass 

 you are never forewarned of its breaking as you are in the 

 case of wood. It simply explodes. 



THE REEL 



While I have caught fish with a variety of reels, I do all 

 my work with the Vom Hofe and Penn models. I use two 

 12/o's and two 6/o's, and Mrs. Farrington does the same. 

 If we have to use an extra one in employing 3 -thread, we use 

 three 6/o's but we put the 3-, 6- and 9-thread on the 6/o's 

 and the 24- or 3 9-thread on the 12/o's depending upon 

 which we are using. If we employ 15 -thread, we usually put 

 it on a 9/0. If I had a lo/o today I would put it on that but 

 I made a present of mine, together with my 14/0, to the 

 members of the armed forces during the war. It is only pos- 

 sible to buy the 9/0 and 12/0 sizes of Vom Hofe reels with 

 the 4/0's and 6/o's. They are manufactured in St. Peters- 

 burg, Florida, by Otto Zwarg. He acquired the patent from 

 the Ocean City Company, which bought out Vom Hofe, 

 and he turns out the same high-standard reel. He does a fine 



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