CHAPTER XI. 



FISHING LINES. 



While the tapered, enameled silk line is all that can be 

 desired for fly-fishing, the lines heretofore furnished for 

 bait-fishing were open to several objections. On page 258 

 of " The Book of the Black Bass," I made the statement 

 that the perfect line for Black Bass bait-fishing was yet in 

 the future, and suggested how a much better line than any 

 in use could be made, and expressed the hope that such a 

 line would soon be produced, as I had invited the attention 

 of the extensive fishing line manufacturing concern of the 

 Henry Hall Company to the matter. 



I am happy to be able to state that suitable lines were 

 shortly afterward manufactured by the said company, in 

 response to those suggestions, and have been in the market 

 for several years. These lines seem to be all that can be 

 Avished for as reel lines in bait-fishing, and the Bass fisher 

 has much to congratulate himself for. 



Reel Lines for Bait-fishing. 



The Henry Hall Company's lines, just alluded to, are 

 styled letter " H," or No. 6 in size ; and while they are a 

 third less in caliber than the " G," or No. 5 line, they seem 

 to contain the same amount of stock, and to be fully as 

 strong, but being more closely braided they are much 

 smaller in size, and more compact. They absorb but little 



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