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KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



the line from the reel, and C the 

 end of the line. 



To make the knot pass the end 

 of the line (C) through the ring 

 twice as shown in Fig. 1. Then 

 bend the line to form a loop at 

 D and pass the loop (D) through 



my assortment of flies and never 

 fail to take advantage of the op- 

 portunity afforded for casting, 

 where these streams broaden out 

 sufficiently or are kind enough to 

 flow through a brushless meadow 

 or the like. 



the space marked E, as shown in 

 Fig. 2. Hold the loop (D) in po- 

 sition and pull the ring (A) and 

 the line (B). The finished knot 

 is shown in Fig. 3. 



The knot is confusing at first, 

 but after making it a few times 

 it is easily and quickly made and 

 can be untied by pulling C, the 

 end of the line. 



CREEL COVER BAIT BOX 



BY W. H. FORD 



Perhaps I will be degraded in 

 the eyes of the true trout fisher- 

 man for ever thinking of any- 

 thing to encourage or assist in 

 the unmanly art of "baiting" for 

 trout I have but one excuse to 

 offer most of my fishing has to 

 be done on the narrow brush- 

 bound streams of Connecticut 

 where fly-fishing is quite impos- 

 sible, although of course I carry 



If you have ever fished these 

 "Southern New England Brooks" 

 you can appreciate what I mean 

 for here all the trouting hazards 

 that I have occasionally seen pub- 

 lished as originating with the 

 "Pessimist" are present, and one 

 is pretty busy manipulating even 

 the lowly worm. 



The bait boxes commonly furn- 

 ished are of two shapes. One, 

 the Crescent, through which the 

 belt is run, is a clumsy, unhandy 

 article which not only bulges out 

 the coat, but necessitates opening 

 the coat to get at, unless one cares 

 to wear it with a belt on the out- 

 side, which then makes a very 

 convenient thing to catch in the 

 brush and delay one's progress. 

 The other is a sort of miniature 

 creel shape, and is made in two 

 ways, either to fasten on the belt 

 as the Crescent is, where the same 

 difficulties obtain as for the latter, 



