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an angle of about 20 degrees or 

 the pitch of an ordinary shed 

 roof. The lead sinker should be 

 about six or eight inches above 

 the surface of the water, causing 

 the line to hang straight down. 

 This is one of the chiefest rea- 

 sons for the success of this kink. 

 Row slowly along near the edge 

 of the weeds. When the fish 

 strikes he first takes up the slack 

 that the hanging lead gives him 

 and by the time this is gone he 



not wear out more than eight or 

 nine tails for bait. One can also 

 employ angleworms as bait in the 

 same manner, hooking the worms 

 but once through the middle of 

 the body. The boat should be 

 moved along very slowly, just 

 keeping the bait in motion. A 

 paddle can be profitably used in 

 place of oars and two people can 

 readily fish from the same boat 

 by this method, with equal 

 success. 



has hooked himself. Now is the 

 most critical moment. Do not 

 jerk to set the hook. If you do 

 you will lose nine out of ten 

 fish. These fishes have very ten- 

 der mouths and the hooks tear 

 out most readily unless they are 

 carefully handled. Just lead the 

 fish gently to the side of the boat 

 and lift him quickly in. These 

 little fellows are really quite gamy 

 in proportion to their size and 

 their tender mouth makes land- 

 ing them quite a sporting propo- 

 sition. 



I have caught as high as fifty- 

 five of these fish in one afternoon 

 by the use of this kink and did 



A FISH SAVER 



By L. J. BOUGHNER 

 Slip into your tackle box a piece 

 of shoemaker's wax the size of a 

 hazelnut and half a dozen feet 

 of silk thread. When ready to 



bait up, wax four inches of the 

 end of your line and about a foot 

 of the thread. Slip half the 

 waxed end through the Cooper 

 snap and double it back to form a 

 loop. Hook the snap over a 

 handy projection, and wind the 

 thread about the upper end of the 

 loop, holding the line in your 

 left hand and using your left 

 fore-finger to hold the turns. 

 Wind back and forth for about 

 half an inch pulling the thread 

 tight at each turn but making 

 no attempt at smoothness, and 

 fasten the thread with a half 

 hitch. The wax is waterproof. 

 This little kink will add a third 



