Chapt. xvm. Ordering Tackle. 249 



run, anil bring the bridle between you and the plank. To hitch on 

 and unhitch the second otter, it is convenienl to have a thing like 

 a " nursery pin," only ahorter, and made much stronger of thick 

 brass wire. A pair of pincers "ill twist one up in a minute. 

 Friends wishing to set themselves up in tackle have come to 



me to advise them what to order, and to help 

 Hon i" Order. 



them how to describe what they want, so that the 



Rngl'«r» tackle-maker may not misunderstand them, and have 

 asked me to give them some idea also ot' prices ; I wish to sit down 

 similarly by the side of my reader, and help him to indite his 

 order. This may seem a work of supererogation to some, but to 

 others I am convinced from experience that it will be a practical 

 tance, because they have not a tackle shop into which they 

 can walk, and point out this thin- and that thine, without knowing 

 its name, and take the shopkeepers' advice about other things. 



For such, then, I add a good comfortable outfit, the prices being 

 taken from a good tackle-shop's list, and when three prices 

 ari' named, the medium price being ordinarily taken. Inferior 

 articles can, of course, be got at cheaper rates, but it is most 

 unsatisfactory to buy such. Those who think my order too 

 big 'Mil easily omit what they do not want. 



For Mahsi kii. 



d. 



1 Pliable, but not top-heavy, rather light, salmon rod (not what is com- 

 monly called a Mahseer rod), four-joint, greenheart, double 

 braized, winch fittings, with button-ended butt, partition bag, and 

 extra fly top, 16 ft 3 10 



1 Extra spinning top .. .. .. .. .. .. 050 



1 Superior bronzed revolving plate check winch, of 31 inches in dia- 

 meter 180 



120 Yards Manchester Cotton Twine Spinning Company's No. „'^, 16- 

 plait Egyptian enamel waterproof running line, at 2s. a - 

 yards 



4 Treble gut salmon spinning traces, stout, at St.. . 



1 Treble gut salmon flj collar 



1 Salmon fly collar, half treble, half single, extra stout, salmon gal 

 3 Single, extra stout, salmon gut By collars, at 8*. <;•'. .. 



2 Stout spoons of 2\ inches, silvered and gilt, mounted without split. 



rings, hut with wire or solid soldered rings, with VI Mah- 



seer treble hook at head, and one like hook at tail, and none at tin' 

 and on a double No. t swivel, as given at page 227, on stoul 

 treble gut I u 



