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right. Casts on the market are more or less 

 stained. Personally, I prefer quite unstained gut. 

 The stained is as brilliant as the white, though the 



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glitter of both quickly goes in use. My reason is 

 that, while the stained article looks pretty and 

 seems unnoticeable from above against the dark 

 bottom of a stream, the staining gives it con- 

 siderable opacity. We must consider that the 

 trout are looking upward, and I incline to think 

 the unstained gut from its transparency is less 

 perceptible against a background of sky. How- 

 ever, as far as the brooks go, I do not hold this 



