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KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



spiral fashion from just below the 

 barb on the hook to the eye, or to 

 where the snell fastens on, tying 

 each end with a piece of white 

 silk thread. I then lay it away 

 to dry, when it is ready for use. 

 The silvery hairs will stick out 

 all around the hook, and when 

 cast on the water it makes as 

 tempting a bait as any decent 

 trout might wish to get his eyes 

 upon. 



This kink may not be new to 

 some, but I have passed it along 

 and am helping to boost the kink 

 department. 



DRIED HOUSEFLIES FOR 

 BAIT 



BY ROBERT MARSHALL 

 Catch a quantity of flies in an 

 ordinary wire fly trap. Soak the 

 flies in sweet oil and pack them 

 hard in a small butter mold. Let 

 the resulting balls dry hard in 

 the sun and you will have a fine 

 bait for still fishing. By leaving 

 out the oil you will also have a 

 good bird food. 



A FROG SAVER 



BY DR. E. A. CHATTEN 



Every bait caster who uses 

 frogs has had the experience of 

 snapping the bait off his hook. 

 Sometimes, when frogs are hard 

 to get, this is doubly annoying. A 

 good many anglers are probably 

 acquainted with the following 

 Kink, but not everyone seems to 

 know it, so I give it for what it 

 is worth. 



Hook the frog through the lips 

 as usual. Take a bit of old line 

 and loop it over the hook below 

 the frog's lips. Bring the two 

 ends of line back and tie in a 



square knot just between the 

 frog's front legs. Carry ends of 

 line over the frog's back and tie 

 securely. The loop of line will 

 take the strain off the lips of the 

 bait and make it good for many 

 hours of casting. 



THE CLOTHES HOOK ROD 

 HANGER 



BY J. E. D. 



Take an ordinary twisted wire 

 clothes hook and slightly solder 

 the place where the wires are 

 twisted together. Then cut off 

 the end of the loop as shown in 

 the diagram, and slip a short piece 

 of rubber tubing over each of the 

 points. 



In our fishing camp we always 

 put these hangers up in pairs. 



The first pair should be put up as 

 high as one can conveniently 

 reach, one at either end of the 

 wall. The next pair goes about 

 four inches lower and the same 



