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KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



tie fellow overboard in disgust. 

 He will help you to get bigger 

 game. 



With your pocket knife cut out 

 the V of tough skin directly under 



his tongue and hang this on your 

 spoon. The next big fellow that 

 strikes will find the bait soft and 

 to his liking, and if he fails to get 

 hooked the first time he will not 

 hesitate to strike again. Try it 

 out and see. 



DRIVING STAKES 



BY ARTHUR W. STEVENS 

 All of us who have ever tried to 

 drive a forked stake into the 

 ground in building a rack, crane 



or the like, have found it difficult 

 to do without splitting the fork. 

 If instead of a fork a straight 

 piece with a prong on one side is 



used, it will serve the purpose just 

 as well and be much easier to 

 drive. The sketch will make this 

 clear. 



Also if the top of the stake is 

 carved with a jackknife or sharp 

 ax before driving, it is not nearly 

 so apt to split. This applies as 

 well to tent stakes or any other 

 stake that is to be driven. 



SAFEGUARDING 

 REEL 



THE 



BY HEJNRY HILL 

 Nearly every caster has had 

 trouble at one time or another 

 with a reel band that will not 

 stay in place. The following Kink 

 will effectually put an end to this 

 difficulty. 



Take a heavy elastic band, or 

 better still, a three-eighths inch 

 strip cut from a heavy automo- 

 bile inner tube. Place one end 

 ahead of the fixed reel band as in 

 diagram No. 1. Bring the other 

 end diagonally around the reel 

 seat and lash both ends as shown 

 in diagram No. 2. In putting 

 the reel on the rod, slip the reel 

 seat under the crossed elastics 

 from the direction of the fixed 

 reel seat. Then seat reel as us- 

 ual. Elastic should be of such a 

 length and weight that it is very 



