KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



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clear down under the water as 

 though a submarine was hitched 

 on to the lower end of your line, 

 the dirt would suddenly give way 

 and "kersplash" your pole would 

 go in the water. And when you 

 finally pulled it out, expecting at 

 least a five-pounder, you would 

 be minus fish and bait both. 



Possibly you had your pole set 

 in the forked stakes. You got a 

 "real" bite. You grabbed the pole 

 with both hands and, Ye Gods, it 

 was stuck. By the time you suc- 

 ceeded in getting it pried out from 

 the forks, Mr. B. Head was amb- 

 ling off down the creek enjoying 

 the lunch. Of course you didn't 

 say anything. Just a few re- 

 marks on the weather. 



Now, if you will make yourself 

 one of these "Kink Pole Holders" 

 and give it a trial, your troubles 

 in that line will be over. It can 

 be made for any kind or size 

 pole. 



Material needed: 1 piece of 

 heavy wire about the size of an 

 ordinary .22 cal. wiping rod; 7 

 inches off the end of an old broom 

 handle. 



Cost: About the time it takes 

 you to make it. 



Take your piece of wire, about 

 18 inches long, so that you can 

 handle it easily, and bend around 

 a stick a broom handle, for in- 

 stance in the shape of Fig. 1. 

 Have the loop on end marked A, 

 just large enough to slip over the 

 bulge of the hand grip, if you are 

 using a bamboo pole, and loop at 

 B just large enough so that end 



of pole will slip in nicely. Let 

 the loops A and B be turned in 

 a complete circle in order to make 

 it rigid and give it strength. Let 

 the loop A lap a little before 

 turning down to enter stake. 

 Make just a little tight, then there 

 will be no danger of it slipping 

 off of pole. C should be about 

 1^4 inches long. 



Saw off about 7 inches from 

 the end of an old broom handle; 

 bore a hole in one end a little 

 larger than the wire so that the 

 wire will slip in and out easily, 

 then sharpen the other end so 

 that it can be pushed into the 

 ground. 



You can slip the stick inside 

 the wire and carry it in your 

 pocket. When you get ready to 

 set up, put the wire on your pole, 

 push the stake in the ground at 

 any desired angle and set the 

 turned down portion of the wire 

 in the hole as in Fig. 3. The wire 

 remains on the pole and when you 

 get that real bite, take hold of the 

 pole gently and lift out of stake, 

 then pull out your fish and string 

 on the "Kink ,'Fish Stringer." 

 Easy, ain't it? And simple, oh 

 gee! 



MEASURING BY THE ROD 

 BY E. B. LYMAN 



This drawing will explain a 

 couple of kinks, both of which 

 will be found useful to bait-cast- 

 ers. 



The place marked A represents 

 a common rubber crutch tip which 



