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to full extent, giving you plenty 

 of room to get your fingers down 

 inside and extract the hook. With 

 the spreader in place, it is im- 

 possible for the fish to close its 

 mouth and lacerate your fingers. 

 Another thing I find it quite 

 handy for, is in cleaning the fish. 

 You all know a fish especially a 

 cat is rather an awkward thing 

 to hold to, and more so, if they 

 are alive. I always insert and hold 

 to the spreader, then they can be 



them much in our local waters on 

 account of the carp. These latter 

 are hogs for the fat juicy lumps 

 of crab meat. 



Carp fisherman should try this 

 one. Take a nice deep eddy and 

 place your bait about six feet be- 

 yond it in the current. You will 

 have better success than in dead 

 water, as the fish prefer to feed 

 on the edge of the current. An- 

 other thing to remember is that 

 no matter how hard a carp hits 



washed and their heads cut off 

 with ease, and I run no risk of 

 being stabbed. 



LIVE BAIT WISDOM 



BY FRED RUPERT 

 For river fishing there are prac- 

 tically only two kinds of live bait 

 that will stand the pounding of a 

 good many throws and still re- 

 main in serviceable condition. 

 These are the soft shelled crab 

 and the helgramite. Of the two 

 I prefer the crabs, but do not use 



the bait, never strike him until he 

 runs. This rule also holds good 

 in bass fishing. 



In fishing with helgramites 

 first catch your bait. There are 

 several good ways of doing this. 

 First, if you have plenty of money, 

 use some of it. Second, buy 

 about six feet of wire screening 

 with a quarter-inch mesh. Fasten 

 this to sticks at either end, the 

 same as with an ordinary net.. 

 Stretch your screen across below 

 where you think the bugs are 

 and rake the bottom down stream 



