86 GUT. 



yellow-sided spanker/ whose retreat, by reason of 

 densely surrounding weeds, was inaccessible to all 

 collars carrying more than a single temptation. 

 That the drop-flies, when used, may not easily 

 become twisted about the collar, they should be 

 tied to stout and very stiff gut, not longer than 

 two inches for the first and three inches for the 

 second. Instead of connecting the line or point 

 and collar with loops, as is very commonly done, 

 we have long used a neater and more expeditious 

 method. At the end of the line or point we 

 fasten a piece of strong gut, to which the collar 

 may be attached by a slide- knot, and the disunion 

 may be instantly effected by the application of a 

 knife or the teeth. With care, a long piece of 

 gut will afford a great many tyings, and when it 

 is all used, a new piece can be easily supplied. 

 At the conclusion of fishing the collar should be 

 evenly coiled over the distended fingers, and de- 

 posited in the pocket of the fly-book. We need 

 hardly say that it ought never to be wound with 

 the line upon the reel. 



GUT, 



one of the most useful articles in the angler's 

 catalogue, is manufactured from the entrails of 



