KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



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hooks, without disengaging the 

 reel, and spool the line as if re- 

 trieving a bait. If more than one 

 line needs to be dried, after run- 

 ning first line on to the drier, de- 

 tach from spindle of reel, tie sec- 

 ond line to end of first and keep 

 on turning. 



Care should be taken to attach 

 rod hangers to right of barrel 



head, as otherwise the side of the 

 building will interfere with the 

 crank of the reel. 



A GOOD FLARE 



BY THURMAN R. GRAHAM 

 Being in need of a good flare 

 or torch for spearing eels by, I 

 made a very successful one out 

 of a gallon oil can and a few feet 

 of scrap pipe. 



I bored a hole in the bottom of 

 the oil can and soldered over it 

 the bottom of an old ^-inch 

 grease cup. Into this I screwed 

 an ell, to which was joined a piece 

 of ^-inch pipe 6 or 7 inches long. 

 Next was a valve. Then a piece 

 of 24-inch pipe 10 inches long. 

 Then another ell and a curl from 

 on old steam gauge. 



For a burner I took a piece of 

 1*4 -inch pipe, 7 inches long. In 

 the center of this I tapped a hole 

 for the ^inch pipe. Then punched 

 or drilled about 75 other small 

 holes in the same side of the pipe 



as tapped for the ^-inch. Both 

 ends of the burner were then 

 plugged. A pad for the shoulder 

 and a handle completed the outfit. 

 In operation, I fill the can with 

 kerosene and turn the valve 

 enough to fill the curl with oil. 

 Then I heat the curl by burning 

 a bit of oily rag under it. The 

 pipe soon becomes hot enough to 

 turn the kerosene inside of it to 

 gas. It then burns freely at the 

 burner and can be regulated with 

 the valve exactly like any other 

 gas flame. 



FREEING THE LINE 



BY CLARENCE GRAHAM 

 While casting for trout with a 

 spinner, my hook got caught on 

 the bottom. The stream was too 

 deep and swift to wade and as 

 it was my last spinner I was up 

 against it for a while. After try- 

 ing all sorts of ways to get it 



