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KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



additional knee room in a flat- 

 bottom boat is also appreciated. 



This idea was copied by me 

 from a boat built many years ago. 

 I've used it and found it so good 

 that I want to pass it along. This 

 was the only boat I ever saw so 

 equipped. 



MORE BREAM FISHING 



BY J. H. ERVIN 



I recently read the Arkansas 

 boy's kink about bream fishing 

 with roaches, and he didn't tell all 

 about the tackle part of the 

 game. 



Get three or four canes from 

 some rich bottom land, twelve 

 feet long and, say, one inch in 

 diameter at butt. Dry thoroughly 

 and straighten over alcohol flame ; 

 select the one with best whip and 

 "feel" and mount it in a handle 

 two or three feet long made of a 

 piece of Japanese bamboo of a size 

 to comfortably fit the hand. Have 

 the hole in bamboo just fit the 

 small cane. Cut four V-shaped 

 notches in the bamboo and trim 

 down to taper with small cane; 

 wrap with small silk line, using 

 the pull under, no knot way. 

 Sandpaper the joints only, and 

 varnish the entire roJ. 



Use small size silk worm gut 

 leaders; piece a nine-foot to a 

 three-foot and uje enough hard 

 braided silk line to make, with 

 the snelled hook, just the length 

 of pole. For the float get about 

 four inches of peacocK feather, 

 hammer a BB shot very thin, 

 cut the edges even and wrap just 



below the joint of sneli and 

 leader. Wrap it to make as 

 small a lump as possible, and let 

 it be just heavy enough to sink 

 the bait slowly. A Hide practice 

 and you can cast with this outfit 

 and make only a small ripple- 

 not the splash and "ker-chunk" 

 the quill and split shot make. 

 Then when you hang one of the 

 "big blue fellows" the fun you 

 will have with that light tackle 

 will pay for all the trouble of 

 making it. 



A COMPACT OUTFIT 



BY JAMES MCCAFFREY 



I have made a combination 

 grate reflecting oven and cooking 

 pan that I believe will be of in- 

 terest to the readers of your kink 

 column and I offer it, as follows : 



The folding grate is made up 

 of band iron that can be pur- 

 chased at any sheet metal dealer's 

 for a few cents, as it is used 

 merely for shipping sheet iron 

 from the mill and is of no use 

 after the bundles are opened. The 

 grate is made up as per drawing 

 and the leg sections are loose- 

 riveted so they can be folded in. 



The cooking pan is made of 

 black iron and is 18 inches long, 

 9 l /2 inches wide and 1 inch deep 

 and the grate when folded just 

 fits in the pan nicely. The re- 

 flecting oven is made so it can 

 be knocked down and fits on top 

 of the grate and its general di- 

 mensions is as sketched. 



Oven is made of bright tin with 

 edges hemmed or just bent over 



