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KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



entirely that there is such a de- 

 vice and that it may possibly be of 

 use to them sometimes. 



But there is a time and a place 

 for everything and the float has 

 a most decided place on this kind 

 of a stream. Often you come 

 to beautiful little holes, but so 

 brush covered and with such a 

 slow current that it seems impos- 

 sible to get your bait down into 

 them. Here is where the float 

 comes in. I always carry a good 

 split cork, but a small branch or 

 chip will do nearly as well. Fasten 

 this on the line so that it will 

 carry your bait just above the 

 bottom. Then flip it into the 

 water and watch it slowly carry 

 your bait to the exact spot you 

 want to reach. And it gets the 

 fish, too, fish that you could not 

 possibly connect with in any other 

 way. 



BEADS FOR SALMON 

 EGGS 



BY E. S. BROOKS 



It is unlawful to use salmon 

 eggs for bait in Oregon, but there 

 is nothing said about amber beads. 

 So I take a small vial, fiill it with 



small amber beads the size of 

 salmon eggs, put in some water 

 and cork it up. I attach my 

 triple hook with a small rubber 



band around one hook, tasten it 

 to the neck of the vial with a few 

 turns of a fine fish line, and there 

 you are. 



It works equally well with a 

 good, fat grasshopper or gram- 

 pus, but in that case I do not put 

 any water in the vial, as they are 

 surface baits. The glass being in- 

 visible in the water, the redsides 

 go for the bait to beat three of 

 a kind. 



A LITTLE TIME SAVER 



BY F. H. BOHN 



When fishing for trout or other 

 small fish one wastes considerable 

 time and a good deal of patience 

 while taking them off the hook. I 

 have found that it pays well to 

 kill them before taking them off. 

 Just slip the thumb under the gill 

 on one side and the forefinger 

 on the other, and give a quick, 

 hard squeeze with the nails, where 

 the head and body connect. The 

 fish is killed instantly and will 

 not bother you by kicking and 

 flopping while you are extracting 

 the hook. I have found also that 

 fish killed as soon as caught keep 

 much longer and better than if 

 they are allowed to die a linger- 

 ing death in the basket or on a 

 stringer. 



A HANDY ROD HANGER 



BY GEORGE H. SACKETT 



Having had trouble in hanging 

 up my Heddon $1.50 rod (in 

 order to straighten it), I devised 

 the arrangement described here- 



