TACKLE 



CONCERNING THE TOOLS OF THE CRAFT 



TACKLE is something that anglers use part of 

 the time and talk about and tinker with all of 

 the time. No man can say what the proper 

 tackle is for any kind of fishing as every experienced 

 angler is likely to have ideas of his own on that sub- 

 ject. 



There are, however, certain conclusions that genera- 

 tions of skilled anglers have reached through cumula- 

 tive experience and these are here set down for the 

 benefit of the beginner and the inexpert; I also in- 

 clude some opinions of my own and permission is hereby 

 granted the reader to disagree with me. 



It is natural for an angler to love fine tackle and 

 he should buy the best whenever he can. However, 

 all anglers are not rich men and this is especially 

 true of bass fishermen since the black bass, because of 

 his wide distribution, is essentially a poor man's game 

 fish. For this reason I have tried to cover the tackle 

 subject as practically as possible because it is appropri- 

 ate, not necessarily expensive, tackle that makes fly 

 fishing a pleasure in itself regardless of the heft of one's 

 basket at the end of the day. 



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