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KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



chicken wire netting and packed it 

 into camp. Then I cut cedar 

 poles about three inches through 

 for my posts. These were four 

 feet high. The side pieces I 

 made five feet long, the same size 

 through. The ends were three 

 feet. After squaring them at the 

 ends, so they would fit nicely, I 

 spiked them together. I now had 

 my frame, and it was only neces- 

 sary to fasten my chicken netting 

 around this frame and my tank 

 was completed. 



I selected a nice sandy spot 

 under the shade of a pine tree 

 and let my fish tank down in 

 about two and a half feet of 

 water in the lake at my tent door. 

 In order to have my fish in good 

 condition for the home that they 

 would have for the rest of their 

 existence, I made two baskets of 

 the same material by weaving the 

 wire together at the sides and 

 end. Then when that was done, 

 I pushed it into the shape of a 

 barrel. This I kept at the end of 

 my raft, half submerged in the 

 water. When I hooked a fish of 

 a size to keep, and his gills had 

 not been affected by the fly hook, 

 he was put in the basket. I could 

 have my evening fishing without 

 having occasion to visit my tank 

 until the sport was over. My fish 

 (did well and were quite con- 

 tented in their home. They af- 

 forded me great pleasure watch- 

 ing them rising to the insects that 

 dropped on the water, and they 

 also ate heartily of any grubs or 

 worms I happened to throw in to 



them. I learned many things 

 about trout that I never knew be- 

 fore, and it certainly helped me 

 in my study of this "king" of 

 lake fish. The trout likes plenty 

 of shade, so be sure and have one 

 end of your tank covered with 

 boughs. When removing fish 

 from your tank use the landing 

 net and do it carefully, so as not 

 to cause too much disturbance in 

 the tank, as your fish may injure 

 themselves on the wire and be- 

 come diseased. I had as many as 

 seventy fish in my tank at one 

 time, some weighing as heavy as 

 two pounds. 



PACKING PLUGS 



BY T. E. DROHAN 

 The wood and pasteboard boxes 

 that artificial wooden baits are 

 sold in, take up too much room 

 in the ordinary bait caster's out- 

 fit. Yet if he leaves one single 

 "plug" hole he is almost sure to 

 regret it. I have been in that fix 

 myself. 



Now, however, I take plenty 

 on every trip. I discard the 

 boxes and roll the plug in a piece 

 of white oil cloth such as used for 

 covering* pantry shelves, use a 

 piece about 7 by 14 inches and 

 snap a rubber band on it. In this 

 way I am able to pack twenty 

 plugs and spoons, besides one reel, 

 a pair of pliers, a file, disgorger 

 and a small bottle of 3 in 1 oil in 

 my No. 2 Gem tackle box. On 

 the cloth side is labeled in ink the 

 name of each bait, so that they 

 can be readily found and the 



