FISHING TACKLE AND COMMENTS 



and grand patriot during World War II, heads the selling 

 end of the company along with Robert Dahl. 



The Pflueger Sobey is the best American hook, but should 

 be used on 24-thread or lighter. The 9/0 and lo/o sizes are 

 good, and for small fish are, of course, perfectly adequate. 



It is best to avoid all types of hooks that are too thick and 

 too large, no matter how beautiful and shapely the point. It 

 stands to reason that you will never catch fish if you can't set 

 that hook. Some of the five- and ten-dollar jobs of Monel 

 metal or other rustless alloys shine like your wife's silver 

 teapot and are so large that they couldn't be driven home by 

 Lemer and Hemingway combined, let alone a man of aver- 

 age size. 



Tuna are fish that you don't have to worry about as much 

 as marlin and swordfish so far as hooks opening up is con- 

 cerned, but I still think you would be better off sticking to 

 Mustads. It is definitely a crack idea to offset any hook a 

 trifle, particularly for the marlin or swordfish. This I think 

 is an absolute must, too often overlooked by people fishing. 

 Every hook in New Zealand and Australia must be offset. 

 New Zealand experts wouldn't have a marlin hook on the 

 boat that wasn't offset, and they all believe in big hooks. 

 They would rather use a big shark hook than any hook 

 smaller than a 14/0 or 15/0 Mustad, and everywhere in 

 the world anglers use Mustads if they can possibly get them. 



For broadbill swordfish, black, blue, and silver marlin, 

 mako sharks, thresher sharks, and when drift fishing or net 

 fishing for giant tuna, I would always use a stainless-steel 

 cable leader that tests between 500 and 600 pounds (known, 

 I believe, in the trade as size No. 12). I would, of course, 



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