72 FISHING KITS AND EQUIPMENT 



average price for a 3O-yard double-tapered line, size E, 

 is $2.50. Very fine quality double- 

 tapered lines for tournament work cost 

 rather more; say, $4.00 for 40 yards. All the best 

 dealers carry lines of excellent quality in the best 

 grades, all about equally good. A very excellent fly- 

 line is the English soft-enamel line. By some they are 

 considered superior to the American lines. So far as 

 the writer knows, only one American firm, located in 

 New York, regularly supplies these lines. They are 

 furnished only in double-taper. 



If your fishing trip will take you far from the 



tackle shops have a reserve line on the reserve reel. 



It is a good deal better to be prepared 



Reserve j or tac ]^i e losses than to have to borrow 



from a friend especially when, as 



most often happens, the friend is not in a position to 



lend. 



Leaders. 



It is impossible to place too much emphasis upon 

 the quality and suitability of the leader or, as it is 

 sometimes called, the casting-line. Since the leader 

 is a link in the chain between the angler and a hooked 

 fish, and since a chain is only as strong as its weakest 

 link, it follows that the strength of the leader must 

 be unquestionable. And in the matter of selection the 

 leader must be suited to the water and the fish where 

 the fishing is to be done. So the angler should be 



