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another drop tinder the strips will 

 fasten them securely to the card. 

 This is not really necessary if the 

 strips fit snugly. Fig. 3 shows the 

 way it looks when completed. 



This sounds very difficult, but 

 it is really quite simple and is 

 very quickly done. The cards are 

 then marked and the leaders are 

 ready for storing in the tackle 

 book. 



THE BLUEGILL TIP-UP 



BY GEO. W. HARVEY 

 When fishing for bluegills in 

 the old way with a half dozen 

 lines tied to the gunwales of the 

 boat, one has to feel the lines 

 with his hands to see whether he 

 has any bites or not. Frequently 

 one does this feeling at exactly 

 the wrong time so that one scares 

 the fish away. 



Now I just take a few staples 

 or double-pointed carpet brads 



and drive them into the gunwales 

 of the boat so that I can slip a 

 tapered twig or a bit of whittled 

 lath under them. With the line 



becomes a tip-up to signal when 

 I have a bite on any of my hooks. 

 With this arrangement it is easy 

 to tend to half a dozen lines, and 

 I rarely lose any bites. 



HOT BISCUIT TO ORDER 



BY E. S. BROOKS 

 Did you ever wish you had some 

 warm biscuit for supper when on 

 a fishing trip and nowhere to 

 bake them? Well, try this. 



Make a rather stiff dough of 

 your pancake flour, stiff enough 



so it will hold its shape. Then 

 take a stick on which there are a 

 couple of prongs two or three 

 inches long. Place the dough on 

 the stick above the prongs, pass- 

 ing the stick through the center 

 of the dough. Tie a string to 

 upper end of stick and hang it 

 before your fire. Give it a twist 

 or two so it will revolve, thus 



