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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1964
Page
9
A veteran sharpshooter explains practical fishing tips from grasshopper lures to bait care. Tips cover locating hoppers, net techniques, snag resistant gear, carboloy guides, and preserving worms and hellgrammites for months.
An experienced fisherman shares practical tricks for handling fish and improving casting. He describes opening catfish mouths, immobilizing bass safely, handling toothy pike and musky, straightening tangled lines, and stretching line before trips. He also notes carrying a small rag for salt and freshwater anglers.
Willis Roanoke attorney Holman Willis Jr was elected Chairman of the Virginia Game Commission at the Abingdon organizational meeting on July 24. Homer G. Bauserman Sr was named Vice Chairman, with outgoing Chairman T. D. Watkins noted.
The article shares simple bait storage methods such as jars in the refrigerator and damp cloths with occasional water. It includes advice on minnows with ice in travel, new styrofoam buckets, and techniques to free lures by manipulating line tension, pulling tight then releasing, or drifting line to loosen hooks.
Frank W. Meyer reported missing for six weeks and presumed dead appeared in San Rafael Calif stating he hiked and camped at Stinson Beach State Park after abandoning his camper truck found on Mount Tamalpais. He said he left San Mateo for a Portland church convention but changed plans and spent six weeks in the park with a sleeping bag and 25 boxes of crackers. Search efforts by deputies volunteers bloodhounds helicopters and planes followed the truck’s discovery.
The 1963 airline payload reached 2,836,432 passengers, a figure the Mayflower sailing nonstop would require 5056 years to equal.
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