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Fish Stringer

Here is a stringer that will do good work on your camping trip. Get a piece of wire which has been taken from a bale of hay and twist a handhold on one end, as in Fig. 2.

The other end is sharpened and must be concealed in a cork or bit of wood to avoid prodding the hands. The wire of the size mentioned is intended for small pan fish. If you are out for larger fish, use heavier wire. The bending is rather hard to do unless the wire is annealed. This means softened or made more pliable. It is accomplished by heating the wire to a cherry red and then cooling as slowly as possible, by turning the fire down a little at a time. As may be readily seen, the stringer is also used to carry the catch home. If you make one of them it will not take more than a few minutes and it will prove itself a worthy addition to your camp kit.