BAIT-CASTING LINES 37 



former it can be said it wears well and absorbs prac- 

 tically no water, but as a casting line it takes a back 

 seat to the soft braided affair. Owing to the ease 

 with which the soft braided line slides from the reel, 

 it makes the best possible line for casting, and you 

 can thumb it all day without burning your thumb to 

 the quick, which is more than you can say for the 

 hard braided. 



The soft braided line spools closely and smoothly 

 on the reel and does not run down so quickly in 

 making a cast, thus giving better thumb control than 

 with the hard braided line. 



For general bait casting with plugs and artificials 

 of the wobbler variety you should have a No. 5 line. 

 Some manufacturers lettering their product make a 

 G size which corresponds to the No. 5. For the 

 lighter lures of the spoon, pork rind and minnow 

 class let your selection be a No. 6 or H size. 



DON'T USE A ROPE 



The big mistake of the beginner, as well as lots 

 of sure-fire fishermen, Old Man, is in selecting a line 

 that is too large and heavy. It is absolutely im- 

 possible to do accurate casting with a big, heavy, 

 clumsy line, and anyway this is entirely unnecessary. 

 With the ordinary tackle few fishermen can put more 

 than four or five pounds pull on the line if the rod 

 is used properly, and if it is not the rod will " go " 

 before the line. 



