KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



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swivel had to be enlarged to fit 

 the screw shank, but I finally got a 

 tight joint. After forcing this into 

 the body of the swivel a little way 

 I managed to flatten the bead out 

 a little. Then a drop of solder 

 made it fast. I tested it to thirty 



pounds pull (five more than any 

 of my fish lines will stand), and it' 

 showed no signs of coming loose. 

 When the hooks had been put 

 back on the swivel and the whole 

 business fastened to the bait I 

 tried it out again. This time I 

 hooked six out of seven strikes in 

 two days. Five of these were 

 landed, the sixth shook loose. 

 None of the hooks showed the 

 least sign of being twisted. 



A HOOK THEY CAN'T 

 SWALLOW 



BY I. E. CATTERTON 



How many of you have had 



trouble in removing your hook 



from the mouth of a fish after 



you have caught him, simply be- 



cause he had swallowed the hook 

 too deeply? Now if you will get 

 a small piece of wire and twist 

 it tightly around the shank of 



your hook, letting the ends pro- 

 ject about an inch, you will have 

 no such trouble. The wire pre- 

 vents the fish from swallowing 

 the hook. Do not place the 

 wire too far down on the shank 

 nor yet too far back. Use your 

 own judgment in this and regu- 

 late your distance according to 

 the size and length of the hook 

 you are using. 



A SIMPLE KNOT 



BY J. C. BIGELOW 



I am seventy-three years old 



and started fishing with my father 



long before I can remember. 



Last summer I had a grandson 



four and a half years old out in 

 a boat with me fishing. He had 

 his own pole and caught a num- 

 ber of good-sized fish. Maybe I 

 didn't enjoy seeing him bait his 

 own hook. Recently I became a 

 reader of OUTER'S and have got- 

 ten some bright ideas from the 

 Kink column. 



Here is something I have never 

 seen in print. It is a method of 

 tying a line on a ringed hook so 

 that it can be readily untied 

 again. Simply tie with an or- 



