May 23, 1984 SECTION FASHION - FOOD TRAVEL W.Van inventor 8 3 saves salmon A 72 YEAR old West Vancouver inventor, part- the pin was in too ught, and time artist and sculptor who walked over 15,000 consequently ~ a Or miles throughout Europe and parts of Africa in his “SOmetimes Tae release : ; . mechanism would simply spr- youth and was the first Briton to emigrate to ing prematurely because of Canada by air in 1946 after the war, has invented a_ the water drag on the line. device which will save thousands of small salmon Bohme’s dissatisfaction each year. with downrigger release systems prompted him to After retiring three years ago and selling his business, Vancouver Fire Prevention Service Co. Ltd.. Ed Bohme wanted to keep in the stream of things so put his mind to resuming work on an in- falliable release chp for downrigger fishing which he had started 8 years previously Hard work paid off and ‘‘Bohme’s Shaker Saver” (fishermen call small fish shakers because they are too knows how long through the water to discover it was dead from drowning when the line was brought up. This used to upset me quite a lot,’’ said ‘Retirement compelled Bohme come up with a solution to these problems which face every downrigger fisherman at some time or another. ‘*This was in 1976 when | got a local patent agent to make a patent search of all existing release clips and was advised that the principle |! had in mind was truly a novel one and would be _ paten- table,’ Bohme said. ‘*Having a small machine shop in my basement I made a few prototypes which prov- ed unsausfactory when out small to keep) 1s now on the OQ work on the market - ., »» on the water. | gave up to do Pnor to designing this project in earnest. other things and simply hung novel plastic release device. the shiny downrigger in the Bohme had fished with a garage where it would stare large vanety of downriggers Sees in the face for the next over the years, purchased three vears every time | drop- both here on the west coastas) =Bohme ‘‘I would have hked = ped in when coming home well as on the east coasts of to be able to release these from work "' Canada and the l'S A. but beautiful little shakers so that Retirement compelled none gave him much thev had a good chance ot Bohme to work on the pro . : a . ? ys \\ M E @, SHWNEBEER NO a RIN CLEAR: SE py . Ne SNE kas pleasure survival to grow some yect in earnest and as a result “On the contrary. 1 more of hours of tests made fishing became really frustrated try There were other problems ing to make the release clip too A large fish might snatch See page C2 that came with ito work for the hook. feel resistance tf me Eventually | had quite a collection Some oof them . . looked more promising than & others but rl was at once ap parent that whatever the oon Bars figuration they all depended ue upon the fish Caught beiig Stronpy ocnough to pull the wn release omechatisin apart cS NEWS photo Stuart Dovis said Bohime Bout often oa : we YEARS of hard work tinglly paad off tor West Vancouver inventor Ed Bobine who invented seal fist wats tet streorage a Shaker Saver which helps save thousands of small salmon every sear But fishing devices enough to pulbh the release are not his onty uiferest Bohne also has the patent on a safety welding torch which doubles rec Nariyi agar asa din oc xtinguisher and he as working on a ime roprocessanr Fo test high pressure oviinders Many times Ll wail be Trapping a shaker for heaven BAe jRRET TE VD OEE a NCATE MeCN GORE RE CAE fa OAT. STER INTO YOUR FUTURE Al | Gc yotlarn, GE CGllege A BMW end of ferm report. (1 ( 5, hele Poonam Een! me es © rere ee | ~yitth Isotl ~ oO*°R | a us y AG ppese- Oi Fleece al Poebiety 599 : vee aes otP uP TO BUSINESS MANAGEMc... See Business Management Otplorma Prog V AQ Pert. ov icehy Matt, ar ery Bi | = 8299 1OQr*” 25 “/o tay ae a¥ AY ia ae es wo L a~ y ee . - 9¢ Nn 986- I 34 1 | 7] man | : a sunday Westview Shopping HOB MOIWOEM Ab ta var, " tarde 100 “= Centre. Choose frou 5 Monagement Prog... ty NV bres core on 4 QGP SALE ENDS A coat BOO TY bow al 4H5 4544 r a ee