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KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



will agree with me in calling same 

 a kink. 



The Okaw at this point is not 

 less than 125 feet wide and in try- 

 ing for a likely "bass spot" near 

 other side, my Shakespeare Yel- 

 low Perch hung on a submerged 

 log in the center of the river. I 

 of course tried various expedients 

 to release it, but with no success. 

 A few days before, I had hung 

 up in practically the same man- 

 ner and, hating to lose this favor- 

 ite bait, I undressed and went in 

 and got it. This time, however, 

 both atmosphere and water were 

 very cold, and I hesitated about 

 going in, and sat down on a log 

 to study the proposition over. 



While sitting there I naturally 

 put my hand in my pants pocket 

 and encountered my ring of keys. 

 It was then the idea was born. I 

 yelled to one of my friends to 

 come back opposite to me on the 

 other shore. When he did so, I 

 asked him to tie a heavy sinker on 

 his line in place of his bait and 

 cast it to me. This he did. 



taut line. Say, there was "noth- 

 ing to it." That ring went direct 

 to the minnow and disengaged it. 

 I reeled it back, returned his line. 

 I then put my keys back on the 

 ring and in my pocket, and was 

 bappy, at least for that time. I 

 got several bass that day, but 

 that was the only time during the 

 trip that we needed the kink. 



CASTING THE LOOP KINK 



BY M. P. KEEFE 

 How many times, when fly cast- 

 ing, have you had your favorite 

 fly or fly spinner snag in a pool 

 that you did not wish to disturb 

 by wading into? Or perhaps the 

 pool was too deep to wade to 

 where fly was caught on rock or 



I then took my keys off the 

 ring, put ring over my line, tied 

 his line to it and asked him to 

 reel in, I at same time keeping a 



gravel (or log, if hook is not in 

 too deep). 



Well, the next time you have 

 this happen, try this kink: Draw 



