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three, four or five feet, your cork 

 will slide down to the sinker and 

 all the weight will be at the end 

 of the line, so that a cast can be 

 made much easier than if the 

 cork is some distance from the 

 end. When the line strikes the 

 water the line will run through 

 the cork and stop when the small 

 cork strikes the larger one. 



A HANDY HOOK HOLDER 



BY N. C. BURNHAM 

 I have an article in my fishing 

 kit for holding snelled hooks and 

 for keeping small sinkers, split 

 shot, swivels, connecting links, etc., 

 that is very handy, and I have 

 never seen another like it. I cut 

 off a pine curtain pole so it would 

 be just a little longer than a 

 snelled hook, and so the hole in 

 the end of the pole (the hole that 

 holds the curtain spring) would 

 extend nearly through. Then I 

 fastened a piece of cork on the 

 solid end with a couple of brads. 

 The hooks are stuck into the cork 

 and the snells fastened to the pole 

 with a rubber band or two. 



A cork can be fitted to the hole 

 in the opposite end and the hole 



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used for the small things split 

 shot, etc. A cloth case can be 

 made to slip over the whole thing. 

 I use the drill case that came with 

 a jointed rifle rod. I have used 

 my holder now for several years 

 and I could scarcely get along 



without it. It keeps the snells 

 from curling up and getting tan- 

 gled, and the small things togeth- 

 er where they can be gotten at 

 handily. The drawing will make 

 it clear. 



A MOTOR HINGE 



BY FRED RUPERT 



Outboard motors are a great 

 blessing to the fisherman, but 

 when one gets up into shallow wa- 



ter, especially if one wants to do 

 any casting, the propeller fre- 

 quently catches on the bottom. 



To overcome this I hinged the 

 top four inches of the stern board 

 of my row boat and hang the 

 motor to this. Now when I get 

 into shallow water I simply pull 

 off the rudder handle and tip the 

 motor forward so that the pro- 

 peller is brought free from the 

 water. 



I use four stout hinges, the cen^- 

 ter pair eight inches apart, to al- 

 low of the motor being hung be- 

 tween them. At either end I also 

 place an extra piece of steel to 

 act as a brace, and take the weight 

 off of the hinges. 



This device also protects the 

 rudder and propeller if they hap- 



