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KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



pen to strike something when run- 

 ning, as the motor will simply tip 

 forward and allow the propeller 

 to rise. 



THE OVERALL PACK 



BY BULL HART 



Just tie the legs and fill up the 

 old bib overalls. One can also tie 

 the bottom of the legs to the top 



of the bib and use the suspenders 

 to tie with. 



Believe me, brother, this beats 

 no pack "all holler." 



HOOKING YOUR FISH 



BY DANIEL P. VADER 

 I find that a great many of my 

 friends lose a large percentage of 

 their fish by getting excited when 

 they get a strike trolling for bass. 

 I do a lot of trolling with live 



bait and my choice bait is a live 

 minnow from 3 to 4 in. long. In 

 trolling for bass I take my cast- 

 ing rod and reel, use a good-sized 

 hook and hook my minnow back, 

 of the gill on one side, allowing 

 the point to come out through the 

 gill on the other side of the head. 

 I let my line out about 120 ft., 

 then row very slowly until I get a 

 strike. Then I use my kink for 

 hooking the fish. I just stop the 

 boat and watch him. As a rule he 

 will take the minnow and run 

 about four feet. Then he will 

 stop, turn his minnow and again 

 run two or three feet while swal- 

 lowing the minnow. Then he 

 stops for a second and starts 

 again. This is the time to hook 

 him. Do not get excited when 

 you get a strike, but take your 

 time. You will land more bass. 



SHOOTING OUT OBSTRUC- 

 TIONS 



BY C. J. SMITH 

 Here is a kink I have frequently 

 made use of to gladden the hearts 

 of Young America. Several 

 times the boys came to me with 

 a barrel of their little .22 badly 

 clogged. A rag was stuck in the 

 barrel or a bullet (often both) 

 and in some cases examination 

 showed a solid mass of obstruc- 

 tion from 4 to 6 in. long. To 

 poke this out with an improvised 

 drill would take a long 'time, so 

 I decided to follow the system of 

 the boy who had originally tried 

 to shoot out the obstruction. But 



