Tying Gut Knots Moisten the gut before forming the knot and then re-moisten before pulling tight. This lubricates the line and helps the turns slip easily and quickly into the desired position.	Hook eyes in failing light In bad light or when eyesight is unequal to the task, it is helpful to push the eye of the hook through a thin piece of white paper. This helps to show up the aperture and keeps the wings and hackle out of the way. When the knot is tied tear the paper to remove it.
Stuck Rod Ferrules Carry with you a couple of pieces of thin sheet rubber, or elastic, such as old bicycle inner tube cuttings. Wrapping these around each ferrule will add enormously to your grip and enable you to separate the most stubborn joints without damage to the rod.	Threading a Worm Keep a little dry sand in your pocket, putting a little on finger and thumb will greatly improve threading the worm. An especially lively worm can be rendered temporarily docile by smacking between the palms of the hands.
A Simple Eel Trap Stuff an old sack with straw and tie the mouth round a short piece of drain pipe, for the entrance. Put some bait amongst the straw such as worms, dead fish or other attracter. Put a few big stones in it to keep in position in the water, be sure to place the pipe opening down-stream.	Worn Carbon Ferrules Rub down the male part of the ferrule very lightly with fine abrasive paper to form a key. Make sure to do this evenly around and along the ferrule. Do not rub too much as you may create hollows or bumps. Spray lightly and evenly all around with liquid graphite spray which is available in aerosole cans.
Curried Maggots If canal fishing is the most handy option for you. Try storing your maggots in curry powder. It sounds stupid but it sends the chubb and roach crazy!	Sticky Eels Put a stick (about 4 ft. long) in a muddy place in a pond so it is sticking out of the water about 1 ft. out of the water, leave it over nite and it will probally have an eel wrapped around it.
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