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FOREST AND STREAM 
Smokelexx and Black Powders 
The penetration test is made by- 
shooting at a monthly magazine and 
counting the pages shot through. 
The waterproof test consists of 
placing a Black Shell in a glass of 
water, and later firing it. It will not 
be hurt by the water and will not 
swell nor stick in the barrel. 
Test any other shells the same way 
at the same time and note the ad¬ 
vantages of The Black Shells. 
Go to your dealer for information regard¬ 
ing these tests and the free shell offer. If 
it should happen that he is not familiar 
with the plan, ask him to write us for 
information. 
UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE CO. 
2685 Trinity Building, New York City 
All You Need to 
Make Three Tests 
Right here is shown everything you 
need to make the three tests that 
prove shot shell superiority. 
The gun and the quarter make the 
primer test. You remove shot and 
powder from the shell and test the 
speed of the shell by the distance 
the primer alone will fling the 
quarter into the air. 
BLACK SHELLS 
You Can Tramp All Day 
haTd°3st Can wo d r°k "or PRICE $1.00 
play without strain, 
chafing or pinching 
if you wear a S e p - 
erate Sack Sus¬ 
pensory. TheS.S. 
a* S. has no irritating leg straps, 
no oppressive band on the 
sack, no scratching metal 
slides. It is made just as nature 
intended. (Note illustration)IKS” 
With the S.S.S. you always have a clean 
suspensory every morning. Each outfit 
has two sacks, you can clip one fast to the sup- J 
porting straps while the other sack is cleaneed ' 
All sizes. Mailed in plain package on re¬ 
ceipt of price. Money refunded if not satis¬ 
factory. Write for booklet. 
MEYERS MANUFACTURING CO. 
52 Park Place, WATERTOWN, N. Y. 
A DRY FLY CAST KINK. 
OW many of us have been troubled in cast¬ 
ing by an un-sympathetic wind? Rather 
bad for the dry fly fisherman that is a 
sticker for accuracy. Here are two methods to 
overcome this annoyance—the first possibly well- 
known, the second not so. In the first instance, 
shorten the gut cast if the wind is against you. 
You have no doubt noticed that the fly at the 
end of, say, two yards will go out and stay 
there whereas a leader of five feet will be 
blown back. To the late F. W. Halford, that 
well-known English angler, the fraternity is in¬ 
debted for the second method of handling the 
fly in a wind, ft is to lengthen the cast instead 
A Study in Still Life, or a Long Time Between 
Bites. 
of shortening it when the wind is more or less 
behind the rod. It is possible to fish comfortably 
with as much as 4V2 yards of gut instead of 
the customary three yards, and it makes con¬ 
siderable difference to the lightness of the fly’s 
descent on the water. The trouble, of course, 
with so long a cast is when it comes to landing 
a fish. The knot where the line and gut are 
connected may get caught in the top ring with 
disastrous results. However, it is possible to 
overcome this by splicing a yard of stout gut 
to the line and to loop the cast thereto, thus 
getting the extra length and avoiding a knot 
of sufficient size to cause a hitch. 
TRY NIGHT CASTING WITH A “GEM 
WINDER”. 
Have you ever done any bait casting at night? 
No. Then, brother, you have missed out on one 
of the features of bait casting. Half of the 
pleasure of this delightful game is casting at 
night. Quoting a well known authority: “There 
is a thrill and sensation about night fishing that 
sets the blood tingling.” You may think you 
have had some sport landing the gamy bass in 
the day time but try it once at night, then de¬ 
cide which gives one the most pleasure. “Sure,” 
you say, “but how about that everlasting back 
lash that even the best of us get? Fine little 
job getting it out at night.” I agree with you, 
friend, but don’t be asleep; keep up with the 
times. “The Gem Self-Winder” is the answer. 
What, never heard of it? Then listen. 
The Gem Self-Winder was invented by one 
Charles Toepfer of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 
it comes near being the answer to the fisherman 
who has several reels and does not desire to 
invest in any of the anti-back lash reels now on 
the market. First it can be easily attached to 
any reel and winds and spools your line with¬ 
out thumbing or fingering and, best of all, it 
prevents back lash snarls. One casts in the or¬ 
dinary way, then simply turn the reel handle; 
the winder does the rest. The arm of the win¬ 
der moving from side to side spooling the line 
evenly without bunching. 
The first objection one generally hears about 
such an attachment is the wear and tear on the 
line. Granted, brother, but this was one of 
the things looked after by the inventor. The 
line passes through an agate rimmed eye in the 
arm of the winder, thus preventing friction. No 
more wear and tear on the line than if your rod 
had one extra agate guide. Some little “kink,” 
what? 
They are worth trying out. Get one, then go 
after the “Big Fellows” at night that lie in¬ 
shore or hidden among the lily pads of that 
favorite cove of yours. You’ll get them, and 
what is more won’t be bothered by that ever¬ 
lasting, vocabulary straining back lash. 
AN OLD NESSMUK WRINKLE IN NEW 
GUISE. 
S ITTING in a boat for long periods at a 
time gets tiresome, for some reason or 
other the seat has no soft spots. Here’s 
the answer recently sent in by a fishing bug. 
“Go to a carriage trimmer and get a piece of 
buggy top, with it make a cushion about twelve 
by fourteen inches, sew it all around except at 
one end, and in this open end punch holes t 
frequent lacings. This will fold flat and take 
up very little room. When you get to your des¬ 
tination fill up the cushion with leaves or balsam 
boughs and lace up like a shoe. With this under 
you, you will find the sitting much easier.” 
AQUARIUM FOR CHICAGO. 
Editor Fish and Fishing: 
The following may be of some interest to the 
readers of your very interesting department. 
Through three public spirited citizens of Chi¬ 
cago, John B. Payne, Julius Rosenwald and J. W. 
O’Leary by name, Chicago is going to have an 
Aquarium that will rival the well known New 
York Aquarium. It is expected that the city 
park department will shortly grant a site for 
such a building and will agree to take charge of 
the erection and up-keep after it is completed. 
It is estimated that a fund of $100,000 will be 
needed and the above mentioned gentlemen have 
volunteered to raise the same.—F. E. S., Chi¬ 
cago, Ill. 
