KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



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tight when reel is in place. Dia- 

 gram No. 3 shows how it looks. 



For heavy rods elastic may be 

 made as wide as five-eighths or 



No. 3 



three-quarters of an inch. If pre- 

 ferred, a small stud can be sol- 

 dered to the movable reel band 

 and the elastic slipped over same 

 as in diagram No. 4. 



A variation of the same Kink is 

 to fasten a small German silver 



No. 4 



or brass hook ahead of the fixed 

 band on the reel seat. Cut a piece 

 of heavy elastic about three-quar- 

 ters by two inches. Round the 

 corners off and punch a three- 

 eighths-inch hole a half-inch from 



No.5 



No. 6 



one end and a one-eighth-inch hole 

 near the other as in diagram No. 

 5. A round punch should be used 

 for the holes or they will be 



likely to tear. Stretch the large 

 hole over the reel plate and seat 

 the reel on the rod. Then stretch 

 the small hole over the hook as in 

 diagram No. 6. Either one of 

 these methods will hold the reel 

 firmly in place. 



A TEMPORARY MINNOW 

 NET 



BY H. A. PETERS 

 Were you ever without a min- 

 now net, for some reason or 

 other, while on a fishing trip, when 



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one could not procure one for 

 many miles ; and not only that, but 

 you found that the "big ones" just 

 wouldn't bite on anything else but 

 a minnow? If you have never 

 been in that predicament you are 

 indeed more fortunate than I, for 

 such were the conditions my 

 camping party was in last summer 

 up in Wisconsin. 



We had a very nice net when 

 we started out, but the third day 

 in camp the net, somehow or 



