KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



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Now all that there is left to do 

 is to get your fishing outfit and 

 go to your favorite trout stream 



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where I hope you will try out 

 this little kink and come home 

 with a good catch. 



THE LOOP WINDING 

 PULL 



BY SIDNEY V. RAY 



One of the simplest, easiest and 

 quickest methods of laying rod 

 windings so as to conceal the ends 

 is the following: 



The winding is started by lay- 

 ing the free end under and taking 

 three to five turns over it as 

 shown in Fig. 1. 



Have ready a bit of thread, 

 either the same as the winding is 

 being made of or, if that is too 

 light in weight, a bit heavier. It 

 is good policy to wax this bit of 

 thread with ordinary beeswax. 

 Make a loop of this bit, lay it on 

 the rod and proceed to wrap it 

 under the last three or four turns 

 of the winding. (Fig. 11.) 



Then clip the end of your wind- 

 ing silk, leaving an inch or two 

 free and holding the wrapping 

 firmly meanwhile with the thumb. 

 Insert this free end into the loop 

 as in Fig. 11. 



Then grasp the loose ends of the 

 loop, which should be long enough 

 to give a secure hold, and, still 

 holding the wrapping to prevent 

 loosening give the loop a quick, 

 snappy pull. This brings the loop 

 out from under the turns which 

 were taken over it, and with it 

 the free end of the winding. Cut 

 off both free ends closely and 

 the winding is complete. 



Do not use the same place in 

 the loop thread for more than one 

 tie, as the friction of dragging the 

 free end under wears it pretty thin 



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and it is annoying to have the loop 

 break just as one has nearly com- 

 pleted the winding. 



GREASING DECOYS 



BY "ANON" 



Although an enthusiastic fisher- 

 man, it warms my heart to know 

 that the hunters and other out- 

 door men are going to get a 

 chance at that Kink Department. 

 It never seemed quite fair to me 

 to confine that interesting part of 

 the good old OUTER'S BOOK to 



