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KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



and the Helgramite, though mighty 

 mad, is secure and ready to per- 

 form his duty. 



I have found that placing hook 

 as outlined above (also see illus- 

 tration) gives best results, but you 

 can readily see there are any 

 number of positions you can give 

 to your hook, as your own judg- 

 ment may deem fit. The direc- 

 tions may sound somewhat long, 

 but you will find after a few trials 

 that it will take you but a frac- 

 tion of a minute. 



On a sandy bottom let your 

 Helgramite crawl about as he 

 wishes. On a rocky bottom use 

 a small float, and personally I 

 feel that in having a squirming 

 and angry Helgramite floating 

 down stream at a depth just above 

 bottom cannot be beaten as a lure. 



In the majority of cases (I do 

 not consider the class of people 

 who like to hook a bass in the 

 stomach) the rubber hand slips 



turn the Helgramite loose in your 

 bait box with rubber band about 

 his collar. It will not bother him 

 one bit. 



Real, live, husky, active bait al- 

 ways spells better luck. If you 

 use the outlined method you simply 

 cannot blame the bait. So here's 

 luck! 



A KINK POLE HOLDER 



BY CHAS. FORSYTH 

 Many is the time you have all 

 been on the creek trying to in- 

 duce the juicy bullhead to taste 

 the bait in which you so skillfully 

 hid the hook, and oh my, how 

 tired you would get holding your 

 pole when they were a little slow 

 about taking hold! 



You no doubt have set a couple 

 of forked sticks in the bank (we 

 all know how it is done), or tried 

 to push the end of your pole in 

 the hard bank and came very near 



up the gut when you strike and 

 holds Helgramite safe and fast, 

 and he is not injured a bit in the 

 contest. 



When you stop fishing, simply 

 remove hook from elastic and 



slipping in the creek yourself. 

 Then when this was done you 

 would sit back and wait for the 

 nibble that was sure to come; and 

 when it did come and you got a 

 tremendous bite, your float going 



