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It looks simple, but as with
kind of fishing, little tricks
help put more fish in the
One of these has to do
the fact that your fishing
is carried nearly straight
by the weight and when a
hits, pulling your line loose,
slack bow can develop in
line. This lack of tension
let a fish come unhooked.
One way to combat this in
is to use a limber rod and
enough tension on it so the
bent quite sharply as you
Then when a fish pulls
line loose, the rod snaps
sharply, taking up a lot of
that slack.
Constant vigilance is also the
price of fish in the boat. As soon
as you get a strike, you should
have the rod in your hand,
reeling in whatever slack is left.
Sometimes the fish hooks itself
so firmly you have to take the
hook out with a pair of pliers.
At other times, it's lightly
hooked at first and only your
setting the hook really gets the
fish firmly on your line. If you
rely on those times when the
fish hooks itself, you can cut in
half the number of fish you
bring home.
yellowjackets, grasshoppers, crickets, beetles, worms and
are all land-based critters that drop into our streams in
and offer a clue of how to fish those waters.
You can catch your own supply of these insects and drift them
the fish-holding water with spinning gear. In a way this is a
way to fish. You don't have to "match the hatch" as in fly
If the bug is in the vicinity, doubtless some of them have
into the water and trout are used to them.
ttting the insect where the trout hang out is more vital. The fish
an overhanging bank or the hole behind a log or boulder.
also be in the shallow fifties, where the white water breaks up
and thus gives them cover.
key is a flow of water close to their hiding place, which
the insects close to them. A rise to these land bugs looks like
rise of fish to aquatic insects, but is different. The rise to
is a regular thing during a hatch. There's a steady repetition
insects come from the bottom.
the case of land insects, there's a variety and an irregularity. A
can see these insects coming and will sometimes move out more
to hit them than it will move out to hit a fly earlier in the
during a hatch.
Times Department: Only a few years ago, the idea that
would ever be on a limited.entry basis was unthinkable for
this great western part of the continent.
restrictions of one kind or another grow with each year in
Washington, Idaho and British Columbia. One of the basic
for this is the increase in the number of hunters along with a
shrinking game habitat because of population growth and our
ading civilization.
come in several forms, such as shutting off areas to
ling but foot traffic; limiting the number of hunters through a
draw; or limiting hunters to a license or tag for only one
for a specific species.
For those who remember the old days of longer seasons, few
and larger bag limits, this is a bitter pill. But if you've
hunted where you met several dozen other hunters in a morning,
agree that some method of cutting down the traffic is
You finally come to the decision that it's better to take your
lees with something like a draw, knowing that when you finally
it will be a hunt and not like a convention of gun owners in
travel trailer that isn't loaded properly handles something like a
bronco. It's also dangerous. This can be true even with a
eveling hitch.
get the easiest and safest handling, the ball on the car should
Lt such a height that the car and trailer are level when neither is
You try to compensate for a trailer that's low at the back by
cargo forward, you're asking for trouble. This adds to the
weight, which is hard on the springs and suspension of your
or truck. It also makes the trailer harder to control.
the other hand, if you move cargo back because the rig is low
front, you lighten the tongue weight but this makes the trailer
Whip or fishtail.
you've ever hit the brakes and felt a trailer start to fishtail, you
what a scary thing it is. It also can be fatal. Your rig should be
and after loading.
Chinook salmon are known as fish that like deep water, but just
will they go?
trollers have found that during midday they often
go as deep as 40 fathoms and beyond. That's 240 feet or more.
applies especially to the larger fish. It's also more true during
SUmmer than in the short, dim-light days of winter, when the big
"an be at almost any depth.
have found also that chinooks are most susceptible to
and line at daybreak and dusk, when they tend to move closer
surface to feed. If a shoreline is near, they also will be closer
Low, slack tides often tend to produce another feeding
l'hus, if you have the right tide at either dusk or dawn, you have
things going for you in catching big chinooks. If you're fishing in
Ocean along the continental shelf, these depths are less, for you
don't have that much water under you until you get some
from shore.
the ocean, both chinooks and cohos can be found feeding in
50 feet of water.
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HOOP CLINICIANS observe a defensive drill last week at the high school.
Demonstrating are Dave Danielson (passing) and Jim O'Dell. Fourth from
the left is coordinator Terry Gregg.
Hoop
clinic
success
The recent seventh-through
ninth-grade basketball clinic at
the high school drew some 35
youngsters, and several went
home with special awards.
Divisional awardwinnem are
as follows:
Rookie D
One-on-one champ: Jan
Hurlbert.
Mister Hustle: Rich Lester.
Most Improved: Stormy
Hawk.
Three-on-three champs: Jan
Hudbert, David Bnitenveld and
Todd Hanson.
Minor Division
One.on-one champ: Cameron
Anderson.
Mister Hustle: Curtis Likes.'
Most Improved: Andy
Oberbillig.
Major Dividon
One-on.one: Duane Baker.
Mister Hustle: Erik Sorensen.
Most Improved: Rick Brown.
Three.on-three champs:
Duane Baker, Curtis Likes and
Erik Sorensen.
--Oolf Newt---
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Lakefair
fun run
Sunday
The second annual Capital
Lakefair Run gets underway this
Sunday at 11 a.nr. at The
Evergreen State College in
Olympia.
Fun-runners can choose
between a 2.5-mile or a 7.5-mile
course.
Promoters expect in the
neighborhood of 600
participants, as compared to
around 300 last' year. Runners
may preregister or do so at race
time at a slightly higher fee.
All finishers will receive
awards - ribbons and
certificates. In addition, first-,
second- and third-place awards
will be given in six different age
divisions.
Summer basketball on
Shelton Summer Basketball
League play is in its second week
of five and already a couple of
favorites are emerging.
Team One, captained by
Climber senior-to-be Todd
young, and Team Six, captained
by former Climber Marty Rae,
currently stand atop the six-team
heap with identical 2-0 records.
At 1-1 currently are the
number four and five teams,
captained respectively by Tad
Smith and Mike Baze. Bringing
Shelton roundball squad
victorious in Oly tournament
Shelton's i 5-and-under
age-group basketball team came
away with top honors last week
in the Olympia City Parks and
Recreation Basketball
Tournament.
The local contingent beat
Curtis by 15 points on Saturday
mid then came back Sunday to
beat Oly 69-61 and Tumwater
43-41.
Team members include Jeff
Smith, Scott Eichhorn, Tracy
Young, Mark Morgan, Duane
Baker, Jerry King, Scott Lingfen
and Kent Knight.
The time has come...
Once upon a time things Starting this week we'll be
were pretty quiet around open every Saturday from
Shelton on Saturdays. We'd open 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. That's
up from nine to a little after right, 8 to 4.
noon then head for home. For 15 That doubles our Saturday
years that gave us plenty of time hours. We hope it's more
to take care of customers.
convenient for you and our crack
Times change. We're doing Saturday crew is getting used to
ten times the. business and the brand new shift.
Shelton just isn't the same on Now that means when
Saturdays anymore. Mickey's glove is on the 12 and
The time has come for us to the other hand is on...
expand our Saturday hours.
6ettk00 &6am
First & Coto Shehon 426-8104
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up the rear, at 0-2, are the
number two and three teams,
captained by Tom Brigham and
Mark Baker, respectively.
Coordinator Terry Gregg says
the City. Parks and Rec league
counts some 55 participants
ranging in age from 15 to about
35. They will be engaged in their
current league battle through
July 25, after which there will
be a tournament to wrap up the
season.
Games are every Tuesday and
Thursday at 7 and 8 p.m. in the
Minid0me. This week, in
deference to the Fourth's
festivities, Tuesday night's games
were postponed till Wednesday.
WESTERN PARTS
handicap.
Winners in the first division
were Jean Andersen, 28½;
Mildred Boyd, 31½, second; and
Ruth Jenkins, 32½, third.
Second division: Joyce
Pentony, 26½; Nancy Reid, 28,
second; and Jeanne O'Leary, 29,
third.
Third division: Nancy Brice,
30½; Marcella Crandall and
Khaki Waymack tied with a 32
for second.
Fourth division: Fran
Darby, 32½; Louise Kimzey tied
with Jean Atwood, 33, for
second.
As we with
Is freedom anything else than
the tight'to live as we wish?
Nothing else.
Epictetus
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