Something new in fishing equipment was armor-plated legs, 1933. The armor plate in the case illustrated in the accompanying photo was not exactly bullet-proof, but it did stay the deadly fangs of rattlesnakes that lurk among the rocks on the edge of the fishing stream.
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| Lengths of stove pipe worn over legs protect fishermen against deadly fangs of rattlesnakes lurking among rocks. |
The stunt was introduced by three Oregon men who were not going to be kept from their trout by mere snakes. Lengths of stove pipe worn over the lower leg render the lunges of angered rattlesnakes harmless, and fishing goes on unhampered.
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