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KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



spring. I stopped to get a drink, 

 and noticed some empty shotgun 

 shells lying about. I picked up 

 some, trying to get two that 

 would fit tightly, to be used as a 

 waterproof match box. I had a 

 bottle full of matches in my 

 pocket, but was afraid of its 

 breaking. A member of the hunt- 

 ing party from Madison was 

 watching me and said, "Here is 

 my waterproof match box." It 

 was one of those little metal 

 boxes that had contained Gillette 

 safety razor blades. The box was 

 filled with matches and then sealed 

 with paraffine, making it water- 

 tight. It is very small, light in 

 weight and quickly opened when 

 needed. This is to be used only 

 in case of emergency, of course. 

 I think this little article should be 

 in the pocket of every outer, and 

 sometimes may save a life. 



snap and swivel must be placed 

 between the single hook and the 

 double hook. 



A GOOD FROG HOOK 



BY J. A. POTTS 

 After losing my frog hook one 

 day, I struck upon the following 

 plan : Take an ordinary treble 

 hook, such as used on all brass 

 plugs, and cut one hook off. Next 

 take a plain hook and slip the 

 point through the eye of the treble 

 hook. Now slip the single hook 

 through the frog's lips and the 

 double hook up through the frog's 

 legs. This makes a good hook 

 that is semi-weedless and will 

 help to get the big ones. The 

 hook can be used this way for 

 small frogs, but for larger ones a 

 piece ^f wire or, handier yet, a 



AN EXCELLENT FLOAT 



FOR LIVE BAIT 



FISHING 



BY FRANK E. WILDER 

 Everyone, I presume, has gone 

 trout fishing when nothing in his 

 tackle-box would bring a rise, but 

 still trout could be seen eagerly 

 looking for some insects which 

 dropped into the stream. You try 

 putting some of these insects on 

 your hook, but they are very deli- 

 cate and after they have been in 

 the water a few seconds the 

 weight of the hook drags them 

 under the surface and they look 

 like anything but the insects they 

 are. 



Here is a kink to make this 

 method of fishing practical : First, 

 take a sound cork and cut a small 

 piece three-eighths of an inch long 

 and three-sixteenths of an inch 

 wide and of the same thickness. 

 Round the edges so that the cross- 

 section is egg-shaped. Now cut 

 the gut of a snelled hook, as in 

 Fig. 1, just below the knot. Soak 

 the gut for a short time in water 

 and then thread in a small-sized 

 darning needle, as in Fig. 2. Bend 

 the end back and run the needle 

 lengthwise through the center of 

 the cork. Slide the cork down to 

 the end of the winding as in Fig. 

 3. Unthread the needle and tie 

 the loop in the end of the gut. 

 Fig. 4 shows the way the hook 

 looks when baited. 



