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Old January 6th, 2005, 12:15 AM
Calif Bill
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"Rob Storm" wrote in message
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Back when pop tops first appeared on beer cans, they weren't attached as

they
are now, but pulled free when you opened your beer. I was a poor college
student who couldn't afford to buy lures, so I used to bore a hole in one

end
of the pop top and attach a split ring and treble hook. I tied my line to

the
ring on the other end. It was too light to cast with a spinning rod, but

with
a fly rod you could get it out 30 feet, then twitch it back. The action

of
that light aluminum was hard for fish to resist. i caught lots of bream,

a few
bass and a channel cat or two, before the can makers wised up and came up

with
the pull tab system we have now.

Family, Friends, Fishing,
Rob Storm
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Government made them change. Drinkers would pull the tab and drop it in the
can, and then swallow the tab while drinking.
Bill