1983-06-16 Thu Schoolbook 83.pdf

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Line's the difference between glee and gloom
a line
and relaxing..A public boat launch isJocateri on thp
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MONDAY
THE LINK BETWEEN fishermen and fish is often
the most ignored item in a fisherman's arsenal. The
line is the critical link, and obviously a failure in the
line spells gloom and doom.
Selecting a line is more than. stopping at your
favorite store and picking up a spool. Probably the
first step in determining what line to buy is its
strength, usually given in the number of pounds of
pull it takes to break the line.
Anglers usually refer to it as "test" — for instance;
"I had eight pound test on and that doggone
fish snapped it as if it were thread."
The strength of monofilament is usually in direct
relation to its diameter The smaller the diameter,
the lighter the "test." One of the real secreLs to successful
fishing is to select the smallest diameter spin
line with the highest strength. The diameter of the
line is almost always given in thousandths of an inch.
Studies that I've read, as well as my own experiences,
convince me that line size is one of the
most crucial elements in fishing. The smaller the
diameter, th^ more strikes you will have. Even the
difference between four and six pound test will make
a difference.
- A friend of mine and 1 were fishing for trout
together in a lake. Same lure, same watei^depth,
same boat, even same side of the boat. He was using
eight pound test, and I had four. He had six strikes
and I had 13. Incidences like this have been repeated
time and time agian.
• Most fisherman rig up with a heavier line than
they need. My range is from four pound test, or even
tow, for bluegills up to eight pound test for
everything else. It's more than enough. Heavy lme,
15 or 20 pound test, is only needed in inland waters
when the large number of snags are preseritrCornwall
flooding, in the Pigeon River Country, comes to
mind in that category. Those hui