10 THE ANGLER S GUIDE. 



How to make the Float stand or swim upright, S^c. 



To make the float stand or swim upright in the 

 water, some shot must be put on the line, as directed 

 in the next article -, they are kept, ready split for the 

 purpose, at the tackle-shops. — Note, many small shot 

 are better than a few large, because they disturb the 

 water less in casting in or taking out the bait. To 

 strengthen a quill float, and to prevent the line slipping, 

 after passing the line through the bottom cap, give it 

 two or three twists round the body of the float before 

 you fix the top cap to it. 



How to make Gut and Horse-Hair Lines, single and twist- 

 ed ; their different qualities considered. — How to place 

 shot on the same, and fix them to the Rod, try the 

 strength of Hooks, 8^c. 



Fishing-lines are made of gutj, twisted horse or 

 cow's hair, and single horse hair ; also of silk and mo- 

 hair, or of silk alone, either twisted or platted ; those 

 made of gut are the strongest, the twisted hair cheap- 

 est, and the single horse-hair the finest. You may 

 make a fine line, by having half single hair at bottom, 

 the other part two hairs twisted. The gut, or silk- 

 worm gut, is made or manufactured from the intestines 

 or gut of the silk worm, and is the strongest substance 

 (for its circumference) known by the Angler, and makes 

 a line superior to any thing else, the natural colour of 

 which is better than much that is stained. The young 



