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shaving from a soft pine stick. 

 (Fig. 3.) You will be surprised 

 at the ease with which the strip of 

 skin is removed. Treat each strip 

 in a similar way, twist off the 

 head, pull out the guts and your 

 cat is cleaned. 



Next, roll him in corn-meal 

 but you know the rest. 



GOING LIGHT 



BY JAMES A. HELLER 



One of the things which appeals 

 to the caster of artificial baits is 

 the facility with which he can pick 

 up and go. He does not have to 



spend a day getting bait or lug 

 around a lot of paraphernalia for 

 getting it before he can start fish- 

 ing. Just puts a couple of plugs 

 in his creel or pockets and starts. 

 But hold, I said a couple. I will 

 take that back. There was a time 

 when that was true, but now the 

 up-to-date caster starts out with a 

 remodeled edition of his father's 

 tin cash box, which is not much 

 better than a bucket of live bait 

 when it comes to carrying it a 

 few miles. 



Now, by spending a few cents 

 for some wire and cutting in 

 lengths of say five inches and 

 bending it as per sketch No. 1, 



these little wire hooks can be 

 pushed over the rim of your creel 

 and do not in any way interfere 

 with the closing of the lid. You 

 can hang a number of your baits 

 on these little hooks on the inside 

 and when you start fishing you 

 can hang what you think you are 

 going to use on the outside, (see 

 No. 3). You will be surprised 

 at the number of baits you can 

 carry this way and the ease 

 and rapidity with which you can 

 change from one bait to another. 

 For a permanent attachment you 

 can make little wire rings (see 

 No. 2) and fasten around the rim. 



To these you should attach a 

 small snap swived to which the 

 bait can be attached and there is 

 no chance of their being lost. 



A SURE HOOKING FLY 



BY GEO. C. KNAUR 



Here is a kink that I hope will 

 interest some one. Many bass 

 strikes are lost on flies on ac- 

 count of the hook slipping be- 

 tween the jaws of Mr. Bass. If 

 the hook has a sneck bend to it 

 it's less apt to happen than with 

 a straight hook. I have found 

 one way to be sure of hooking 

 Mr. Bass if he strikes the hook. 



