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RECREATION. 



Fisk's Aerating 

 Minnow Pa.il 



e only 

 Minnow Pail 

 in which Min- 

 nows can be 

 kept alive in- 

 definitely. 



Has an air 

 chamber at 

 the bottom 

 holding 260CU- 

 bic inches of 

 condensed air 

 forced in by 

 the Air Pump 

 attached, and 

 by a simple 

 rubberattach- 

 menttheairis 

 allowed to es- 

 cape into the 

 water gradu- 

 ally supply- 

 ing the fish 



with the oxygen consumed by them. One pumping 



is sufficient for ten hours. 



Height, 1 foot; diameter, 10 inches; weight, 7% 



lbs.; water, 2% gallons; keeps 50 to 150 minnows, 



according to their size. 



IT KEEPS THEM ALIVE 



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THE BRISTOL AS A SALT WATER 

 ROD. 



There are 2 articles advertised in Rec- 

 reation that I should like to say a word 

 about: the Shakespeare Revolution bait and 

 the Bristol rod. The rod, a No. n Hen- 

 shall, I have used the last 2 seasons, and 

 want no better. When I first appeared 

 with this rod on a fishing trip to waters 

 near the Gulf of Mexico, a friend, an an- 

 gler of experience, said there was no bet- 

 ter rod made, but that several he had 

 used in that particular locality had rusted 

 inside and broken. Acting on this hint, I 

 cleaned my rod thoroughly by means of a 

 cleaning wire prepared for the purpose, and 

 then coated the interior with a gun grease 

 that I knew from experience would prevent 

 rust. Then I fitted plugs in the open ends, 

 and pushed them down into the rod until 

 there was just enough room to receive the 

 ferrules where the rod was jointed. By care 

 I have kept all rust from the exposed por- 

 tion in the ferrule seats. These seats are 

 cleaned after every day's fishing. 



So much for the interior. I scraped all 

 the enamel off the outside of the rod, as I 

 found it could be chipped in use. A fresh 

 coat of enamel was then applied, and when 

 this had dried sufficiently to become sticky, 

 fine silk thread was wound the whole 

 length of the rod. This was readily ac- 

 complished by placing the spool of silk on 

 a sewing machine, drawing the silk through 

 the tension, and after starting the winding, 

 completing the job by rotating the rod in 

 my fingers, so as to wind the silk evenly. 

 An alcohol flame carefully applied to the 

 silk burned off the fuzz or nap, when a coat 

 of enamel was laid on smoothly. Of 

 course, care was taken not to scorch the 

 silk. 



The appearance of the rod is just the 

 same as before, the weight has not been 

 increased a quarter of an ounce, and the 

 rod is good for any kind of exposure. I 

 use mine in salt water without having any 

 trouble with rusting. 



The Revolution bait also can not be 

 praised too highly. In order to see how it 

 worked mechanically, I threw it out from 

 shore about 10 feet and slowly drew it in. 

 The result so startled me that I jerked the 

 bait out of water and over my shoulder, as 

 a bass struck at it with a tremendous 

 splash. A second cast immediately hooked 

 my fish. My experience since that first trial 

 convinces me that if a bass is in sight of 

 the bait he will strike at it. It is just right 

 in weight for casting with the Bristol rod. 

 R. R. Raymond, Montgomery, Ala. 



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