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Word: showin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...particularly ! for beginners. He starts his book with a chapter telling how to do it. An expert worm fisherman told him how to bait the hook: " 'Catch hold of the skin at two places . . . so the ends will wiggle. Some fellers claim that the point of the hook showin' scares the fish but that's all wrong.'. . ." When a trout bites, " 'lower the tip of the pole a minute. . . . Now lift the tip up again easy . . . then . . . strike quick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: How to Fish | 6/13/1932 | See Source »

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