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didn't bring home at least one 

 fish. 



I sat down to think out how I 

 could get a frog and at last the 

 happy thought came I would 

 make one out of pork rind. I cut 

 a piece of pork rind 3^ inches 

 long, 1 inch wide and ^ inch 

 thick. I cut it thick so it would 

 weigh enough to cast well, but 

 I cut down some and rounded it 

 so it would be as near like a frog 

 as possible. 



I then cut a V (see Fig. 1) 1# 

 inches from one end, that left two 

 streamers for the hind legs. Next 

 make two cuts ^2 inch deep at 

 the other end running the length 

 of the strip. These are for the 

 front legs; then shape the head 

 to suit yourself, also the sides so 

 they have the right curve. 



Then try out your frog to see 

 if it casts well. 



In trimming up your frog don't 

 cut away too much until you see 

 if it casts well. If it is too heavy 

 it is easy enough to cut away some 

 more, but if it is not heavy 

 enough you will have to make a 

 new one or use a weighted hook. 



I use a Stanley Weedless, either 

 with or without a spinner, and 

 mostly without a weight. With 

 the Stanley you can cast in the lily 

 pads and rushes and hook and 

 land a fair per cent of the strikes. 



The first time I tried the Pork 

 Rind Frog I didn't have much 

 success, so rowed 'way back in 

 the lily pads near the shore and 

 I took some of the green scum 

 and rubbed it on the Pork Rind 



Frog to give it a froggy color. 

 Then I tried it out again and had 

 fair success. You can take a little 

 of the scum and rub on every 



fie 



little while as the casting wears 

 the color off. 



While the Pork Rind Frog will 

 catch fish, it is not quite as good 

 as the real thing, but a few fish 

 is better than none. 



FIXING MAD TOMS FOR 

 BAIT 



BY W. C. MONEY 

 Speaking of kinks, how many 

 of you black-bass fishermen have 

 put a nice lively mad-torn (cat- 

 fish) on your hook, made your 

 cast to a likely looking hole and 

 let it stay there for a while, won- 

 dering why the fish do not take it ? 

 Then you get tired of waiting, try 

 to reel in your line to change 

 holes and find you cannot move 

 it. Why? The torn has found a 



