KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



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distance inside of the ones above. 

 And so on down the wall. The 

 first man in at night winds his 

 line from hook to hook on the 

 upper set of hangers and hangs 

 his rod in the fork at either end 

 as convenient. The next man in 

 takes the next lower pair. These 

 hangers are also very convenient 

 for handling the joints of rods 

 that are being repaired or var- 

 nished. 



A BACKLASH TOOL 



BY R. C. FIELDS 



Many of you probably still have 



trouble with backlashes. To those 



who do, this little tool will be a 



great time saver. Take a com- 



mon shoe buttoner, cut the hook 

 off, pound the end flat and file two 

 notches in it, as shown in draw- 

 ing, and you will have an excel- 

 lent tool for untangling those aw- 

 ful backlashes. 



AN EMERGENCY WEED- 

 LESS 



BY STANLEY MENDLICK 

 On one of my trips I found the 

 bass feeding close up to shore 

 among the rushes and the bottom 

 covered with a thick mattress of 

 grass. None of my regular weed- 

 less baits got a strike, so I decided 

 to try something new. 



I took the hook gangs off from 

 a V. L. & A. chub minnow and 

 with my pocket tool kit cut a nar- 

 row slot in the back of the min- 

 now, just wide enough to hold a 

 1-0 hook rather tightly. The pits 



for the screw eyes were counter- 

 sunk so that the eye was about 

 half covered. I placed two hooks 

 on the back and used a single 

 weighted hook for a trailer. This 

 bait worked nicely through the 

 weeds and was fairly successful. 



THE TIGHT HOLSTER 



BY "BLISTERS" 



Nearly every man who has 

 toted a six-gun at his belt knows 

 that by having a good bunch of 

 "pants" above the cartridge belt 

 the draw will be facilitated. An 

 open holster must hold the gun 

 snugly or some day out flops the 

 gun. But if the holster fits snugly 



and the belt does not hold it 

 down, one is under die awkward 

 necessity of grasping the holster 

 with the left hand while drawing 

 the gun with the right. Not very 

 speedy, to say the least. Some of 



