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With a 24-thread line, 10/0 reel and 18-oz. rod tip (much lighter tackle than is generally used), Mrs. Sears boated a 730-lb. blue marlin, a new world's record, in the Bahaman waters off Cat Cay.† It took her only one hour and 27 minutes to stop his rushes, lick him, land...
...49er, and a Native Son I feel impelled to go to the aid of that local lady who fears her Eastern kin may fear to visit Frisco because she is living in the "toughest part of town" (TIME, March 13). I'll calm her fears right off the reel. Neither she nor her relatives need fear any toughness in this city. There ain't no such thing any more. This town is as tame now as a long tailed lamb. All its toughness was rubbed out long ago along with all its romance and color by the Scizzorbills...
...little short of criminal to put Charlie Ruggles--at his ladylike worst--on the same program with "Dawn Patrol," and the news reel needs editing badly; but when that is said, adverse criticism of the bill now at the University should stop. There may be some who will disagree with the theme of "Dawn Patrol," for it is pure isolationist propaganda, but there can be no one to say that it is not well done. Not one whit less real than the trenches of "All's Quiet," the headquarters of Squadron 39 reeks with atmosphere; and the men, down...
Many a brawny fisherman felt like a minnow last week as he read about the feat of a handsome Miami girl named Frances Laidlaw. With a 3-ounce bait-casting rod and a small bait-casting reel which held 85 yards of No. 6-thread linen line-about the same tackle appropriate to sporty bass fishing-loa-lb. Frankie Laidlaw had landed a tarpon weighing...
Open not only to Gulf Stream fishermen but to anyone who catches one of the 30 specified varieties of fish† with rod & reel within the tournament's fixed boundaries-from boat, pier, bridge, bulkhead or breakwater-the Miami tournament, started three years ago, is the largest in the U. S. Last year 102,000 contestants entered their catches. A barefoot boy with a 10? rod, a trailer tourist who goes out on a $2-a-day party boat and an elegant sportsman with a $100 rod and a $1,000 reel have each an equal chance...