QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 221 



QUESTION. How about the Sportsman's Compac 

 Tent; will it fill the bill for camp and trail use? 

 Vic. C. 



ANSWER. The Sportsman's Compac Tent is sure 

 a little wonder, and if you are going light and right 

 it is certainly a fine and handy tent. You can erect 

 it in a minute with or without poles. I prefer it 

 without, simply throwing a light rope over a limb 

 and pulling it taut. It is water, bug and snakeproof 

 and has screened ventilators in both ends that pre- 

 vent mildew, one of the draw-backs to most water- 

 proof tents. It only weighs 3^4 pounds and rolls 

 up into a snug pacakge that can be packed with ease. 

 It sleeps two, and for the canoe trip or hike it is 

 surely a light, handy, well-made outer's tent. 



QUESTION. Can I use a spoon hook for casting? 

 D. H. 



ANSWER. Yes, if your bait is not heavy enough 

 to give you a fair cast put on a small dipsey sinker. 

 A good spoon with pork rind and a dipsey for weight 

 make a fine casting bait. 



QUESTION. How is the Meisselbach Automatic 

 reel for casting and trolling? How is the Tango 

 minnow for bass and pickerel, and what other min- 

 nows have you had luck with? C. B. 



ANSWER. The Meisselbach Automatic is very 



