KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



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winding. The thread thru the eye 

 will hold the loose end until the 

 wrap is started. Wind back to- 

 ward the eye over needle, and 

 loose end (which is thru the 

 eye) till the winding is the size 

 you wish. Then remove thread 

 from eye and replace it with the 

 end you have been wrapping from. 

 Pull the needle thru and you have 

 both ends entirely under the wrap 

 and well tied down. 



Where the rod is very thin, as 

 at the tip, when the needle is re- 

 moved the win(}ing will be a little 

 loose. This can be tightened by 

 twisting the winding in the di- 

 rection it was put on and pulling 

 the ends till it becomes snug. 

 Cut the loose ends close to the 

 wrap and it will stay till the 

 thread breaks, even if never varn- 

 ished. 



A FLOAT KINK 



BY ADOLPH SICKEL 

 When placing the float upon 

 my line one day, I found 

 that I had lost the small brass 

 clip and screw eye through 

 which the line was ordinarily 

 fastened. I therefore had to tie 

 the line to the float, which was 

 decidedly unhandy, as it would 

 not slip up or down without un- 

 tying the knots. 



Upon returning home, I took 

 a bit of wire and bent it into the 

 shape of a small hairpin; I then 

 made a twist about one-half inch 

 from the bend, as shown in Fig- 

 ure A. The resultant loop was 

 fastened to the stick on the float, 



by twisting the end of wire 

 around it, and a similar loop was 

 placed on the other end of the 

 float. 



To place this combination upon 

 the line, pass a loop of the line 



through the wire loop and over 

 the stick, as shown in Figure C. 

 Repeat this at the other end of 

 the float, and the trick is done. 

 These fasteners don't lose off. 

 While the float is held tightly, it 

 can readily be removed without 

 taking the hook from the line, or 

 slipped up and down, as desired. 



MAKING YOUR LINE 

 WATERPROOF 



BY GEO. KRUMSICK 

 There are a good many anglers 

 who go fly-fishing and often have 

 to use an ordinary line for this 

 purpose, as all fly fishermen do 

 not have an enamaled line handy 



