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wrapping is done so as to leave 

 the label in view a very simple 

 matter. 



The oil cloth will last a long 

 time and is very cheap, and I 

 hope that others in the fraternity 

 will find it as practical and satis- 

 factory as I have. 



THE NATURAL BAIT 

 WOBBLER 



BY E. R. ACRES 

 If you ever happen to be in 

 need of a wobbler that will wob- 

 ble and that a bass will swallow, 

 try this kink. If he misses the 



BOOK, the above quotation sug- 

 gested that I might stretch a point 

 in telling my pet way of handling 

 not the bait but the fish. 



While this little trick, which I 

 have used with much success, may 

 be very old to a great many of 

 my brother fishermen, I have yet 

 to find the man who claimed to 

 be able to. stop fish from "break- 

 ing water." That's my trick, or 

 at least I think it is. 



How often, Oh, fisherman! has 

 your heart "stopped beating" as 

 some wily old bass, or perhaps 

 he was a trout, leaped into the 

 air and shook himself from head 



first time and you stop reeling, 

 he will charge it like mad. Take 

 a chub or round-bodied small fish 

 and cut in the manner shown in 

 the diagram. 



If yotu want to fish in the 

 weeds, reverse the hook. By the 

 way, this will work well with rain- 

 bow trout if you use a wobbler 

 about one and one-half inches 

 long and do not cut at as steep 

 an angle. _______ 



HOLDING 'EM DOWN 



By RUSH McFARLAND 



"Some pet way of handling a 

 bait, etc.," 



When reading of your Kink 

 Contest in March issue of OUTER'S 



to tail in his mighty effort to free 

 himself of the hook. And that 

 same old heart did not get to 

 pumping again until you had 

 strained your rod almost to the 

 breaking point to keep from giv- 

 ing "slack" and you found that 

 the fight was still on. 



Let's see if you can't agree 

 with me that my pet scheme is not 

 better than inviting any lapse of 

 heart action. 



After striking your fish as soon 

 as the battle is on, dip the tip of 

 your rod into the water and keep 

 it there until you have brought 

 your fish to net. Keep plenty of 

 "bow" in your rod, of course, but 

 you'll find that it is not the spring 



