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KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



hook the more the bow-knot will 

 tighten. 



When you have landed a fish 

 and find he has swallowed the 

 hook, catch hold of your line 

 above the hooks with one hand 

 and with the other pull on the 

 end of the bow and your fish 

 drops into the basket. Then tie 

 on another hook and bait up. Do 

 not bother about taking out the 

 hooks until you get home, by 

 which time you will be cutting 

 up the fish anyhow and the hooks 

 will be easy to get out. 



By this method mother, father 

 and the kiddies can all have a 

 good time and everyone can take 

 care of his or her own line. 



SPLICING A BREAK IN A 

 BAMBOO ROD 



BY WM. S. COGSWELL 

 I happen to be the proud pos- 

 sessor of a Heddon casting rod 

 that has been in continual use for 

 the past eight years. While land- 



''Coj>t>er Strips 



ing a fish one day last summer, 

 said rod gave up the fight. On 

 examiination I found the bamboo 

 had become loosened in the butt 

 and on removing the butt I found 

 that the continual run of water in 

 the handle during its years of 

 service had rotted two strips of 

 bamboo. This rod, being an old 

 pal of mine on many fishing trips, 

 I at once declined to lay it away. 



So I will try to the best of my 

 ability to explain how I repaired 

 my rod. 



After removing the handle I 

 glued the broken strips together. 

 Then I gouged the center of each 

 strip one-sixteenth of an inch and 

 inlaid copper an eighth of an inch 

 wide and one-sixteenth of an inch 

 thick in each gouge across the 

 broken joints. 



Then putting the rod back into 

 the butt, I took No. 22 copper 

 wire and, starting from the fer- 

 rule, wound it closely together 

 down on the rod over projecting 

 copper strips and slipped the end 

 of wire alongside the copper strip 

 under winding. After rubbing 

 soldering paste on the wire wind- 

 ing, I then took hot solder and 

 poured on winding and wiped off 

 solder with a waxed cloth. That 

 left the winding as smooth as a 

 plumber wipes a joint. Using 

 sandpaper to smooth out rough 

 spots, my rod was as good as new. 

 Enclosed you will find a drawing 

 which I think will explain my 

 method more clearly than I have 

 written it. 



DOUBLING UP THE 

 STOPPLE KIT 



BY JULIEN SWANSON 



Being one of these fellows who 

 delight in undermining their 

 friends' digestive apparatus with 

 what is known as camp cooking, 

 and also more or less infected 

 with the "golight" bug, I soon fell 

 for a Stopple Kook Kit. And al- 

 though it has proved the ideal 



