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**?. *u •..By Vrrn SanfordDave Haw k s claim to fame is s a fisherman . . . not as an uthor But his broad exper-[•nee and intensive study of the■ hys and W'herefors of success* ul fishing have prompted the*/•Although Dave was born In New York, he’s mostly a South- :iar. When Dave was but two years »t age his parents mo.ed to Florida. There his father MTved as a fishing guide for 12yearsa»k on bYeaiHe calls it *’8 BassAlthough Dave lacks a lot oi being 80 years of age, he ran and does call on the vast amount of his dad's and his dad’s mother’s experience, as well as his ow n wide background .ng. to provide a “here’s '•ok that is certain to bo-During tlie last six ofyears he was associated the Shakespeare Co. and exhibition casting and Tackle demonstrations.With this environment it was but natural that Dave learnedw II n nave11fish early in life. Fact of thematter is. Dave guided many anf frun •imoiiK inost to and set a hook tilled waters ofers Copfisherman out of the Florida Everglades when lie was only 11 years of age.Latei Dave helped his father. ( apt O L Hawk, open and operate* lure factories in California. Oklahoma. Missouri and Arkansas, providing bait for those specific areas. These factories were sold to national manufacturers, who incorporated Hawk lures into their owni TourneySparks tossed in 24 points, whllt Emory Smith got 14. Rog* i Byles sank 2. Billy Burk good for 6. and Darrell L;sank 9,Wil SillThe eighth graders trailed 2 lo at the end of the first ieriod but outscored their op-Kinent.s in the second and third a civ* them a leadchampionship game i'sa. Andrews trailed period, finally falling42-30,Cnv l f IaBurk goI I *. t i. ...Otherssed in 11 points and to take leading scor-s for Andrews.« r*' Byles and Sparks, airy Guyton and Tid-:h and Jessie Lewis. 1one November day in 1956, a representative of a large Texas hire manufacturing company stopped in for a visit at the Hawk Lure factory in Harrison, Ark In short order he purchased the firm’s entire line . . . lock, stock and barrel. That put Dave out of a job. But it also brought him to Texas as manager of the Corpus Chrlsti firm, the Fadre Island Lure Co. Six months later he was elected president.Dave remained there until S* ptember of 1958. In November he started his own firm in Austin. Today, when he isn't fishing, he's making Extractor and other brands of Dave HawkEvangelist Speaks At Church HereThat, in brief, is the background oi Dave Hawk, champion fisherman and author of 80 Years on Bass.'*I say champ fisherman because Dave’s the gent who. in 1958 won the State Bass Tournament. won the Behrens Drug Tackle Tourney for tackle replives, shared the overallRussell F*er. former rm-... hen with thi Halliburton Oil Well and Cementing Company, and now oI Concord. New Hampshire, was an Andrews visitor Sunday evening.Fowler, a Church of Christ evangelist in the New England states, talked Sunday evening at the local Church of Christ concerning mission work in that area, and showed some films of •he nirturesoue section of ther Help. NEWS INNEWS085ur Friends, , Or Features.'I want to bother for a news story. Deration wc want eck.oout relatives or or mail I hem in.c the paper arc '•.now everything ur attention to aYour Help!Davechampionship of the Port Aran-sas Salt Water Tournament, set a tentative world record for ling on light tackle at the Fort Isabel Tournament, and was runner-up in the National Profes-I sional Fishermen’s Tournament in Arkansas.This, all in one year s time, mind you.Only a fisherman with Dave Hawk's background and proven ability could get away with some of the comments he makes in his book without a challengefor he is very frank and doesn’t hesitate to express an opinion.Some of the suggestions makes are startling onesFor instance, his first recommendation is to discard all swivels. But he doesn't just ted you to do it—he explains why you should.He backs ins contention with these statements: They increase lure losses and fish losses. They reflect light, unbalance a lure, catch in the line and tempt one to change lures too often.Dave believes in black line because it reflects less light. —Light lines look like a ribbon of reflected light, says the author.He refers leaders 15 to 20 feet long. This, because the long leader will put the line and leader knot so far ahead of the lure that the fish’s attention will not be drawn until the lure comes into his view. Many a hit- and miss—can be attributed to the fish striking the linc-and-leadcr knot instead of the lure, he warns.• Added advantage of the long leader, says the author is that the linc-and-Icader knot will be around the spool several turns during the last few minutes of landing a fish and thus prevent separation.Dave urges as much reverence for a line as for a lure. He points out that a good fishing line costs slightly more than a lure, yet the fisherman expects it to last forever. He not only recommends frequent change ol line, but suggests reversing the line every 10 trips. This, to keep the most flexible part of the line next to the lure. As lines stretch and tighten— change ends-” he admonishes.Any rod longer than fivc-feet, seven-inches, is a buggy whip, not a rod, says this champ fisherman. So. select a rod that will set the hook in lisli — lor you-when the h hits the lure. Remember that the tip of the rod jerks the line and this in turn plants the hook.”How the long rods and heavy rods work against the fshcrman were explained by the author. He points out that every time you attempt to set the hook the «.f your rod first travels to-ird the bass. S'*. if you are a long and solid rod. the has more opportunity to free itself.The Hawk method of finding fish is pretty well outlined in one chapter of the book. Another chapter tells how to tempt them alter you locate them.Lee OUTDOORS i’aix jathe1tipusinH. h
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Andrews County News
Andrews, Texas, US
Thu, Feb 19, 1959
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