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ferrule, and as I had only brought 

 along the one tip it looked as 

 though I would have to cut my 

 trip short, since I carried nothing 

 to make repairs with, and did not 

 /ike to risk breaking the tip a 

 second time by cutting it down 

 and using it as it was. 



I had carried with me a few 

 flies and hooks, a wooden min- 

 now and a small piece of copper 

 wire that I used to string my fish 

 on (if by any chance I killed 

 one). The case looked hopeless 

 until it struck me that I might 

 take one of the screw eyes from 

 the wooden minnow and by 

 screwing it into the broken piece 

 1 might get it out. 



After drawing out the pin with 

 my knife, I finally succeeded, with 

 the aid of a straightened fishhook, 

 in screwing the eye in. I then 

 twisted the copper wire around 

 the ferrule to use as a handle 

 while I heated it. 



As soon as it was warm I 

 slipped the largest fishhook I had 



It struck me that I had found 

 a way to remove a ferrule with 

 the smallest amount of heat, and 

 no chance of marring it. 



Since then the simplest thing 

 about repairing a rod is remov- 

 ing a ferrule. If the rod is broken 

 I drill a small hole in the wood 

 and remove the pin. After screw- 

 ing in the eye I make my loop of 

 wire and fasten it somewhere and 

 pull tight. 



When the heat is applied just 

 as soon as the cement is melted 

 the wood slips out and you never 

 get it hot enough to do any dam- 

 age. If the rod is not broken you 

 don't need the screw eye. 



THE CHICKEN NECK BAIT 



BY C. E. WAKEMAN 

 I will contribute a little kink 

 that has helped me to get many a 

 nice trout, and if tried by others 

 of the angling fraternity I know 

 that they will be well paid for 

 their trouble. 



through the screw eye, with the 

 Intention of drawing it from the 

 loop of wire so that I might catch 

 hold of the ferrule with my hand- 

 kerchief and pull the wood out. 



What was my surprise to find 

 the wire held like a vise, and a 

 gentle pull was all that was neces- 

 sary. I made the repair then 

 without any trouble, and went on 

 with my fishing. 



The kink consists of a hook, to 

 your own liking, treated with a 

 piece of skin taken from the neck 

 of a chicken after it has been 

 cleaned for cooking, but before it 

 has been singed. You will notice 

 that this skin is covered with fine 

 silvery hair. I cut this in fine 

 strips not wider than one-six- 

 teenth of an inch, and three or 

 four inches long. I wind this 



