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KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



made as nearly like the agates on 

 my steel rod as I could. After 

 turning them up and polishing 

 them, I hardened them as hard as 

 possible. Then in the groove on 

 the outside of each ring I fitted a 

 good stiff wire. Where the wire 

 crossed on the lower side I sol- 

 dered it. I then brought the ends 

 out at right angles and flattened 

 them. 



After that I mounted them in 

 place of the old guides, took an- 

 other look at the job and chuckled. 



THE USEFUL SAFETY PIN 



BY BERT HECKETT 

 We had pulled hard for about 

 two miles to a rocky shore on 

 Lake Winnepesaukee, N. H., where 

 we knew there were bass. On get- 

 ting to the grounds, I found the 

 tip of my casting-rod broken by 

 the fish tank resting on it (large 

 zinc tank to keep fish alive in). 

 You can imagine my feelings. 

 Had come all that way to fish for 

 one hour, 5 to 6, and back with 

 the wind in time for supper at 7 

 p. m. 



It was out of the question to go 

 back for repairs, and, without 

 tools, I felt rotten Was just 

 about to go back to camp and 

 give up for the day when I saw 

 a large-sized safety pin sticking in 

 my old raincoat (probably been 

 there since" last year). I took it 

 to try and pry the wood from the 

 agate guide tip to refit it, but it 

 would not come out. Then the 

 Kink came to life. Why not tie 

 the pin on the tip of the rod and 



use the round loop for a guide? 

 No sooner the thought than the 

 deed. 



With an old rusty file, kept in 

 the boat for sharpening hooks, I 

 filed and broke off the clasp end 

 and roughed up the sides of the 

 pin. Placed it on tip of rod, loop 

 close to end of tip. Broke off a 

 couple of feet of line and bound 

 on pin, tight. 



Threaded line through loop of 

 pin, attached pork rind minnow 



and went to work, and, incident- 

 ally, got four bass from 1$4 

 pounds to 2 pounds and one pick- 

 erel of 4^4 pounds, and arrived 

 back at camp at 7:10 with the best 

 catch for that one day. The pin 

 guide appeared good for many 

 more trips, but I repaired my rod 

 that evening, and the pin guide is 

 hung up as a memento. 



A CLOTHESPIN PLUG 



BY JAMES MCCAFFREY 

 From an ordinary clothespin I 

 whittled a plug to the shape shown 

 in the drawings. To the bottom 

 of this I attached a treble hook. 

 The treble does not swing free. 

 It is attached by means of a screw 

 and held more firmly in place by 

 means of a small staple across the 

 shank. A screw eye for fastening 

 the line to completes the bait. 



