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THE ANGLER’S WORKSHOP 
Rodmaldng for Beginners 
By PERRY D. FRAZER 
A UNIQUE work, bringing the science of rodmaking up to the very moment and 
epitomizing the knowledge and experience of experts for the guidance of 
average man. The evolution of bait-casting principles has made Mr. Frazer s 
book supersede all previous publications on the subject. ,, 
Every angler—young or old—who is fond of adapting his rods and tackle to isi own 
ideas of what they should be, will find in this book a large fund of information gathered 
by the author in years of study, experiment and practical experience m fishing, tourna¬ 
ment casting and at the work bench. He theorizes and speculates not at all He tells 
“the how” of everything connected with rodihaking in a way that makes results certai . 
All explanations are simple and easily followed. 
Separate chapters are devoted to each of a half dozen types of bait-casting ro , 
tarpon, surf and light salt water rod"; bass and trout, salmon and tournament fly-rods. 
Complete specifications of well-known types are given, and the chapter on split bamboo 
rodmaking is the most comprehensive treatise on the subject ever published. In is- 
pensable in the angler’s library. , , . . • 
Cloth, 180 pages, four full-page illustrations, 60 working drawings, making plain 
every feature of the text. Postpaid, $1.00. 
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BOAT BUILDING TIME 
Is the time for the prospective Houseboat owner to consider plans and 
estimates. Next spring will be the right time to break away from the 
conventional summer life, save rent or country board, and become a 
houseboat dweller. The best preparation and incentive is reading 
ALBERT BRADLEE HUNT’S 
“Houseboats and Houseboating'’ 
It is the only complete and thoroughly reliable work on the subject, 
and beside this, is one of the most beautiful and thoroughly readable 
books published. It is fascinating reading, dealing as it does with a new 
and delightful phase of outdoor life. 
It describes houseboat life, the equipment and furnishing of the 
floating home, with detailed plans for all types from the simplest to the 
most elaborate. It shows how the problem of the inexpensive summer 
home close to business and city is solvable, and covers every point that 
the seeker after houseboat truth can raise. Buckram, 332 pages, superbly 
illustrated, plans, etc. 
Postpaid, $3.00 
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A Problem’s Solution 
LOG CABINS & COTTAGES; 
How to Build and Furnish Them. 
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A seasonable book when all minds are bent on the 
problem of getting close to nature. Mr. Wicks in this 
delightful book offers timely advice to every one who 
wants to build a simple summer home at one with its 
surroundings of wood or stream or shore. _ 
This is a thoroughly practical work, treating of the 
how, the where, and the with what of camp building and 
furnishing. It is helpful, too, in regard to furnishing, 
and withai a most beautiful work. 
Cloth, profusely illustrated, $1.50 postpaid. 
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Where, When and How to Catch 
Fish on the East Coast of Florida 
By Wm. H. Gregg, of St. Louis, Mo., assisted by Capt. 
John Gardner, of Pence Park, Mosquito Inlet, Fla. 
With 100 engravings, and 12 colored illustrations. 
Cloth. Illustrated. 268 pages. Map. Price, $4.00. 
A visitor to Florida can hardly make the trip without 
this book, if he is at all interested in angling. It gives a 
very complete list of the fishes of the East Coast of 
Florida, and every species is illustrated by a cut taken 
from the best authorities. The cuts are thus of the most 
value to the angler who desires to identify the fish he 
takes, while the colored plates of the tropical fish shown 
in all their wonderful gorgeousness of coloring, are very 
beautiful. Besides the pictures of fish, there are cuts 
showing portions of the fishing tackle, which the author 
uses. A good index completes the volume. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
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CairiD Life in the Woods 
HAMILTON GIBSON 
A Complete Manual of Wood Life 
Handy, complete, with full explanations and 
directions so written that they are readily un¬ 
derstood, Camp Life in the Woods is an in¬ 
valuable book for camper, hunter, fisherman, 
trapper, for every one who goes into the woods 
for sport or recreation. 
Covers all details of “roughing it,” camp¬ 
ing, shelter building, cooking, woodcraft, canoe 
building and handling, trapping and taxidermy. 
Good for every outdoor man. 
Full of “the tricks” that make for success in 
trapping, it is indispensable to every one, novice 
or old timer, who plans a campaign against the 
fur-bearing animals the coming season. Cloth, 
fully illustrated. 
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