KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



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work. Of course, it required pa- 

 tience but where is there a good 

 fisherman who lacks that? The 

 author used this net the entire 

 summer, but has not seen it fail 

 yet. So, brother, if ever placed as 

 I was, just remember this Kink 

 and you will catch your minnows. 



Take a number of hooks of the 

 stiff steel variety and heat the 

 eyes until they can be bent with 

 pliers. Then hook them into 



A SPOON FLOAT 



BY GEO. RAVELING 

 The ordinary bait-caster fre- 

 quently has trouble when trying 

 to cast a spoon. Either the spoon 

 is so light that he cannot send it 

 out very far, or else he gets a 

 backlash and his spoon sinks to 

 the bottom and snags. Here is 

 a kink that will overcome both of 

 these difficulties : 



Take a piece of softwood and 

 taper both ends as shown in the 

 diagram. Coat with white en- 

 amel paint and fasten a 

 single stout hook on one 



each other in tandem, turning one 

 hook one way and the next the 

 opposite. Then close the eyes 

 until they will not come off over 

 the barb. Two feet or more of 

 this string of hooks makes a good 

 landing tool when attached to 

 "any old stick" 

 with a small 



side as shown. 



Fasten this float 

 on your line by a couple of slip- 

 knots, about two feet ahead of the 

 spoon. 



weight wired to 

 the last hook. 



Let the size of the hooks be gov- 

 erned by the size of the fish to 

 be caught. 



A FLEXIBLE GAFF 



BY V. F. MALONE 

 The following kink may be of 

 some value to the week-end fish- 

 erman who wishes to diminish 

 the contents of his tackle box 

 and go without a net or gaff: 



DEEP WATER TROLLER 



BY FRED R. SEMENETZ 

 Here is a Kink that's as old as 

 the hills. Maybe you have seen 

 or used it yourself in your time, 

 but it's good enough to report any- 

 how on the chance that some 

 brother may not be familiar with 

 it. I used it every year for from 

 three to five weeks out at the 



