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The Latest Tips, Tricks, And Advice from Master Outdoorsman Jerome B. Robinson
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Added: 9/24/07

Send Smoke up Your Chimney With Fire
If smoke puffs into the room from a fireplace or woodstove, light a sheet of newspaper and hold it up the chimney. The bright burst of heat will reverse the draft and send the smoke upward. To be sure your chimney draws properly when you start a fire in a cold fireplace or woodstove, begin burning with small amounts of crumpled newspaper and thin strips of dry wood. Don't add heavier wood until the smoke is drawing briskly up the chimney, not escaping into the cabin.

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Comment on This Article

At 8:08 PM, 2008-07-01, Colin said:
i have used the technique where you use your watch as a compass. it works. Mark comment offensive

At 10:49 PM, 2008-05-28, Woody Shrapnel said:
tip 1, hunt close makes good firestarting tinder Mark comment offensive


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About the Author
Jerome B. Robinson has been writing about all aspects of the outdoors for more than 40 years. He started at F&S in 1989 and remains a regular contributor, including his monthly tip column. Although he is a generalist, Robinson is best known for his writing on dog training and on hunting and fishing in the Far North.

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