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broad, wide-spaced exhilaration, I 

 willingly admit. But the humbler, 

 old-fashioned method has a charm of 

 its own which I am not willing ^o 

 forego. Willis Boyd Allen. 



BRIGHTENING SPOONS. If your 

 spoons lose their brilliancy they can 

 be brightened by the use of a little 

 nitrate of mercury, rubbed on with 

 a piece of chamois. Kit Clarke. 



To KEEP FISH ALIVE. The best 

 method is to carry a net about three 

 feet long, with a swell center, and 

 open at one end. The fish are placed 

 in the bag, which is then immersed 

 in the water. These nets can be had 

 at any tackle store. "The Practical 

 Angler!' 



To FOOL A TROUT. A wary trout 

 can sometimes be fooled by this trick : 

 Take a broad maple leaf, and with a 

 knife slit half-way along the middle 

 vein; suspend the hook and worm, 

 press the leaf together, and send it 

 down-stream, and the trout is pretty 

 sure to seize it. Kit Clarke. 



THE BROWN HACKLE. Two hun- 

 dred anglers, representing all parts of 



