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from reel 6 to 8 feet more line 

 than it takes to reach snag when 

 rod is in position for forward cast 

 (Fig. 1). Cast forward sharply 

 and line should land at least 3 

 feet past where snag is. 



Now, let the line sink in the 

 water a little. This is to get 

 more friction from the water 

 than if you should not let it sink. 

 (Fig. 2.) Then retrieve line as 

 in any back cast, only use a little 

 more power than ordinary. (Fig. 

 3.) Your fly or spinner will 



have saved many a fly and fly- 

 spoon by doing so. 



A KINKY LINE 



BY M. B. AMES 

 Without doubt you have be- 

 come more or less careless at 

 times when trolling with two or 



come free of snag sure if caught 

 on a stone, and in lots of cases 

 if it is caught on a log. I have 

 used this method for years and 



more lines and the first thing you 

 know you have two lines com- 

 pletely tangled up, one wound 

 around the other hundreds of 



