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of the rod that's tiring your fish 

 so much as the friction of line and 

 water, hence you are not only 

 eliminating the possibility of fre- 

 quent leaping of the fish, but you 

 are going to net him in much less 

 time. 



In keeping the tip of your rod 

 submerged your fish has possibly, 

 under certain conditions, as much 

 as ten or even twenty times the 

 amount of line to "tote" through 

 the water as when the rod is held 

 nearly perpendicular. This when 

 your fish is describing the arc of 

 a circle or speeding along laterally 

 to the angler's position, means ex- 



But try it out yourself, brother 

 sportsman. If it works for you, 

 why then it's a good kink; if not, 

 it's no kink at all. 



THE SHOE-EYELET 

 AGATE 



BY J. H. COMMISKEY 



Would like to tell worthy 

 brothers what happened to me on 

 my fishing trip a short time ago. 

 I was out bright and early one 

 fine morning and had only got 

 started when the agate tip on my 

 rod broke. While rowing back to 

 camp I hit upon the following 



tra weight or tension on the fish 

 without increasing the strain on 

 the rod or endangering the break- 

 ing strength of the line. 



When the rod is held perpendic- 

 ularly, or nearly so, the tendency 

 is to bring or hold the fish near 

 the surface. The pull being al- 

 ways toward the surface, is it any 

 wonder that the fish will occa- 

 sionally "break water" when so 

 ably assisted in his leaps by the 

 angler himself? But if your 

 fish be made to "tote," say, 

 fifty feet of line or more to 

 and above the surface, I think 

 that you will find that his leaps 

 will not be frequent, but as I 

 contend, eliminated entirely. 



kink: I took an eyelet out of my 

 boot and fastened it securely 

 where the agate had been, and I 

 used that same tip during entire 

 trip. 



TAPE FOR REEL SEATS 



BY G. W. RUSSELL 

 My reel used often to loosen by 

 the slipping of the rings which 

 held it in place. I have seen 

 others have this trouble also ; and 

 what is more distressing, it us- 

 ually occurs just when you have 

 set the hook in that big one. 



To prevent this trouble I use 

 half-inch electricians' tape on the 

 reel seat. I set the reel in place 



