KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



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Also take notice of the bend in 

 front screw eye ("B," Fig. 1). 

 This gives the bait a wobble that 

 is a wobble as you are always 

 pulling off center. 



In casting spoons, I find that 

 I need a little extra weight, and 

 so adopt the following method : 



kind. Bend it in the center, slip 

 on spoon, and insert shank (Fig. 



in). 



The next kink, which it requires 

 a little more mechanical skill, is 

 what I call THE kink. 



Would you like to have in your 

 old trusty reel the casting qualities 



I purchase a few small dipsys, the 

 kind with a wire loop in the ends. 

 Straighten out the loops and twist 

 the wire around the shank above 

 the spoon. This weight balances 

 the bait and presents your fly 

 right side up the instant it strikes 

 the water. It also does away with 

 swivels as the bait will not twist 

 more than a half turn and then 

 drops back. Try this out in the 

 bath tub, as yours truly did, and 

 be convinced. 



By the way, did you ever try 

 to patch up your old spoons and 

 find trouble in getting a lug for 

 the spoon and shank? Well, here 

 is the dope: Take a link out 

 of a chain, the bath tub stopper 



found in a high-priced jewelled 

 reel, minus the outlay necessary to 

 secure the latter? 



Take off the oil screw cap op- 

 posite the handle and solder a 

 one-eighth-inch piece of brass to 

 the top of cap and file off the 

 edge to a nice smooth finish ; this 

 will give you plenty of metal for 



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