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Olson Now don’t get me wrong, new technology has always made things easier when it comes to fishing. The paper chart recorders worked well decades ago though not as Administrative Assistant good as the new side imaging units of today. Adala Ruhge In some respects each of the electronic advancements were just like the cash register Contributing Outdoors Editors that tells the now-day clerk how much change to return to the customer. However, if Harold Gunn the power goes out, or God forbid, the odd pennies are offered do they know how to Brian Hughes make change? John Jefferson The same is applicable during the summer months while fishing. At the risk of Kerry O’Day Billy Olson showing my age, here are some old school tips that still work that some may remember, Nate Skinner while the younger crowd would do well to learn — just in case. Robert Sloan How many times have you been at a favorite fishing hole and used triangulation Mark Sosin to locate, remember, and then return to that same spot. Today’s GPS certainly makes Matt Williams things easy, but triangulation will get you back to the spot while the electronics confirm Danno Wise your mental effort. Whitetail Deer Editor Coastal anglers use modern depth recorders and sounders to determine depth and Bob Zaiglin bottom structure/contour. Back in the day a piece of inch and three eights wooden B:11.5” T:10.5” clothes pole would be used as a sounding pole in shallow water. A modern lightweight Art/Production Editor S:9.5” Jean Canestrini pushpole will do the same and allow one to f-e-e-l the bottom make up. Soft plastics are the staple on the coast and have been for decades. Today some tackle manufacturers are releasing something called a “hair jig” or bucktail. Does anyone Advertising Sales remember the tandem trout rigs? 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