KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



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with, which holds it straight and 

 does it almost anywhere. The 

 material is a piece of heavy gauge 

 copper wire about seven inches 

 long; this is doubled back on it- 

 self (Fig. 1). It is then twisted 



ROD HANGER. NOTICE 

 ANGLE AT "A." 



for about two-thirds its length, as 

 shown in Fig. 2. It is then bent, 

 as in Fig. 3, which shows finished 

 holder with rod in place. The 

 angle at A (Fig. 3) should be 

 the same as the angle of the top, 

 so that same will not turn. Now, 

 it is finished. Slide the tip in the 

 opening (shown in Fig. 2 at B)> 

 and hang it up by a ring from the 

 ceiling or anything that the top of 

 the holder will slip over. 



A CARP BAIT 



BY Louis E. MYERS 

 This is a "carp" bait kink of 

 mine where I cannot catch any- 

 thing else. To one pint of corn- 

 meal mix one-half pint of flour 

 and work until you can hold by 

 small pieces and it will spring up 

 and down. Make into balls about 

 the size of small marbles. Drop 

 in bunch of fishworms about the 

 size of a walnut and also mix 

 some sweet anise roots if you can 



get them, as it has such a sweet 

 savor that if the carp come within 

 2 feet they will sure jump for this 

 bait. Put the dough balls in hot 

 water and cook about ten minutes, 

 or until they will float. The balls 

 will then be firm and slick. The 

 sweet anise roots can be found 

 along the sides of creeks or bluffs. 

 This bait will get the carp if you 

 want them. Try it, brothers. 



OILING FERRULES 



BY SHERWOOD BUCKSTAFF 

 Most anglers clean and oil their 

 steel rods several times a year, but 

 a bamboo rod does not require 

 such attention, and most anglers 

 do not take the bother to oil the 

 ferrules regularly, often neglect- 

 ing them for a whole trip. Con- 

 sequently the joints stick annoy- 

 ingly, and sometimes cause seri- 

 ous trouble, since if one attempts 

 to loosen them by heating he runs 

 the risk of melting or loosening 

 the ferrule cement. I always 

 carry with me a small piece of 

 flannel which has been soaked in 

 oil and squeezed as dry as possi- 

 ble. This does not make the 

 pocket oily indeed, one can 

 hardly tell by feeling of it that it 

 is oily but it will oil a rod very 

 nicely and keep it in perfect con- 

 dition. Moreover, it will keep 

 oily almost indefinitely. I picked 

 mine up this winter when it had 

 not been fixed since summer, and 

 found it as good as ever. Try it 

 and see. It may be a lifesaver 

 some time. 



