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KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



and, slipping a small rubber 

 band over the fly hook, loop 

 the other end on the hook 

 opposite the one on which the 

 other end of the spoon is fast- 

 ened. Thus the spoons are easy 

 to get at at all times and never 

 become snarled as they do when 

 carried loose in a tackle box, 

 which sure saves a pile of cussing 

 in the course of a season. 



By placing hooks in similar fash- 

 ion in the bottom and in the lid of 

 a tobacco box which opens up 

 flat-ways, the some good results 

 can be obtained with spoons hav- 

 ing treble hooks. 



MACARONI FOR BAIT 



BY GILBERT DUST 



Get a dime's worth of macaroni 

 and put it in a pan of cold water, 

 breaking the macaroni into lengths 

 of about three inches. Put it on 

 a fire and allow it to get hot 

 through, or until it is tough and 

 limber and then take it off and 

 pinch into lengths of about one 

 and one-half inches and it is then 

 ready for use. 



To bait your hook simply string 

 on like a worm and you will 

 doubtless find you have a good 

 all-around substitute for such 

 fish as channel cat, white perch, 

 buffalo, carp and suckers. 



AN EXCELLENT PERCH 

 BAIT 



BY R. B. HOCKINGS 

 Anglers who have fished for 

 perch, find it very disgusting to 



keep changing the water on min- 

 nows every little while, and then 

 having some of them die; having 

 to put their hands in the pail to 

 catch a minnow, and having a lot 

 of trouble getting minnows at all 

 when they want to go fishing. So 

 I have a kink to tell you that will 

 relieve you of all further trouble 

 of this kind. 



I was visiting with an old ang- 

 ler a short time ago and we got 

 to talking about bass, pickerel; in 

 fact, all kinds of baits. 



After talking a while I got him 

 to tell me how it was he always 

 managed to catch so many perch. 



He said he always used to use 

 minnows until recent years, and 



always with pretty good success. 

 But one day, as he was walking 

 along the street, he saw a piece 

 of tinfoil lying on the sidewalk. 

 He picked it up and began to 

 smooth it out, when a thought 

 came to him. Why not use tin- 

 foil instead of minnows? He 

 made up his mind then and there 

 to try it the next day. 



Bright and early the next morn- 

 ing he rowed out to his favorite 

 fishing spot to try out his new 

 bait. He dropped anchor, got out 

 his poles, then took a piece of tin 

 foil about 1^2 inches square (Fig. 

 A in sketch) and rolled it (Fig. 

 B in sketch). Then took his hook 



