"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
http://stormsrestaurants.com
Government made them change. Drinkers would pull the tab and drop it in the
can, and then swallow the tab while drinking.
Bill