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KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



the next operation. Next, drill a 

 hole in center of screw cap, right 

 thru the metal you have just put 

 on, the drill to be tapping size 

 for a six-thirty-second-inch screw. 

 Top out the hole with a six-thirty- 



Chain 



Link 



now I can "shoot it a mile" with- 

 out the old strong-arm work. 



second-inch tap and that finishes 

 the screw cap. Take an ordi- 

 nary machine screw and grind or 

 file the end to about sixty de- 

 grees. Cut off about three-six- 

 teenths inch of screw and cut a 

 slot for screwdriver. Put the cap 

 in place and adjust screw until 

 it is resting on the end of spool 

 shaft. The sketch will show you 

 about all there is to it. I used 

 this kink on my old $4.50 reel for 

 two years, and it is still better 

 than ever. The high speed of the 

 spindle appears to crystalize the 

 two points of contact, and in 

 checking up my reel I found that 

 the wear was only .010 of an inch, 

 and this in two seasons of casting. 

 I had a little trouble at first with 

 back lashes, as the reel, when in a 

 vertical position, runs very fast, 

 but I soon "got onto" that and 



THE CREEL COVER FLY 

 BOOK 



BY ABRAM HAM MATT 

 The accompanying sketch de- 

 picts a device for carrying flies 

 on the stream that I believe will 

 prove very handy. The ma- 

 terials are a piece of leather six 

 by 5 inches, a metal rod five 

 inches long and one-eighth inch 

 in diameter and a small spring 

 the same length. 



The rod is heated and the ends 

 flattened. The ends are then 

 drilled with a small hole. The 

 spring is stretched until the gut 

 of a fly can pass between the 

 coils tightly enough to hold it, 



the spring is then cut off the 

 same length as the rod. 



The two corners on the longer 

 side of the leather are rounded; 

 this is to be the upper side. The 

 rod is then sewed along this side 

 a/bout one-half inch from the 

 edge by means of the small holes 

 drilled in the end. 

 The spring is sewed one-half 



