KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



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sometimes it is your last hook at 

 that and you haven't even a 

 pocket knife handy. Here's a sim- 

 ple way to recover your property. 

 Select a stick, round preferred, 

 about half an inch thick and 7 or 

 8 in. long. Holding the fish in the 

 left hand, pass the stick down into 

 the gullet and beyond the hook. 

 Draw the line up taut and hold it 

 against the stick with the right 

 hand at the point marked X in 

 diagram. Let go of the fish with 

 the left hand and give him a ro- 

 tary twirl around the stick. You 

 will be surprised to see how easily 

 the hook becomes loose and with- 

 out being bent or broken. 



A GOOD HOOK TIE 



BY MARTINI SCHULDT 

 The diagrams show a simple 

 hitch for putting a hook on the 

 end of a line. This hitch is quite 



safe, for the harder the pull upon 

 it the tighter it holds. Yet it can 

 be unfastened in a moment. 



Nearly all fly fishermen use this 

 same hitch for tying their leaders 

 to their line, but comparatively 

 few anglers seem to have caught 

 the idea that it is equally good for 

 the purpose suggested herewith. 



A KNOCKED-DOWN FIRE 

 GRATE 



BY F. L. MCALEAVEY 

 The accompanying diagram 

 shows a simple grate that has 

 proven its right to recognition 



among those who cook their meals 

 in the open. 



The grate proper consists of 

 four bars, two long ones for side 

 pieces and two short ones for end 

 pieces. These bars may be made 

 any length desired, but if the short 

 bars are made half the length of 

 the long ones they will pack es- 

 pecially well, as shown in the dia- 

 gram. The bars are made from 

 y^ inch by V% inch iron, and near 

 each end are bored holes that will 

 readily accommodate a ^-inch 

 iron rod. 



The legs are simply ^4-inch iron 

 rods, 14 inches long, pointed at one 

 end and threaded at the other, so 



