TROLLING 



attained higher development than in the present, 

 and at no previous time could the angler provide 

 himself with an outfit more scientifically constructed 

 or better adapted to his requirements. In the early 

 and experimental days of manufacturing these 

 various articles, and because of the limited quantities 

 sold, prices were necessarily high, and the army of 

 fly fishermen has since grown so rapidly as to absorb 

 the supply, and thus the high prices have been 

 maintained, — prices in many instances which were 

 out of all proportion to the cost. A gold dollar is 

 worth one hundred cents, no more, no less. 



There is, in my opinion, no wood that enters into 

 rod-making equal to split bamboo, and for trolling, 

 a rod seven and three-quarters feet in length and 

 weighing nine ounces makes an ideal implement. 

 Many a good fish is lost by using a rod that is too stiff. 

 It should be sufficiently pliable and resilient to set 

 the hook in the mouth of the fish without pulling 

 his jaw off. Use a multiplying reel of some stan- 

 dard make, and one hundred yards of braided enam- 

 elled waterproof-silk line, size " F " or " G," and 

 of American manufacture. Henry P. Wells, in his 

 excellent work, " Fly-rods and Fly-tackle," says : 

 "If Phariseeism be ever pardonable, it is when a 

 good enamelled waterproof line of American manu- 

 facture is compared with the best produced in any 

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