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or two large swan shot, for occasional service ; if you 

 would avoid much vexation, split them yourself, and 

 procure, if possible, the old lead shot; these are easily 

 placed on the line with your teeth, the improved shot 

 being too hard to fix on with ease, even with a pair of 

 plyers, which, by the by, some prefer, but I would ad- 

 vise you to condense your apparatus as much as possible. 



CAPS 



Of various sizes, in a small box, similar to the one for 

 shot: in this it will be found very useful to keep apiece 

 of Indian rubber, for the purpose of drawing the line 

 between, which will immediately straighten it, this is a 

 great advantage to the fly fisher. 



WAXED SILK 



Of two sizes; the one for tying hooks, the other 

 stronger, to repair a fracture, which may occur to the 

 most careful. I should also recommend some fine 



WAXED TWINE, 



For should an accident happen to your rod, you may 

 make such repairs then and there as will answer for the 

 day's fishing: there are few Anglers who do not possess 

 ingenuity enough to amend a fracture of this description, 

 till he can get it repaired properly by a rod maker. I 

 Lave always found that these repairs are much cheaper 

 in the end, if given to a proper person, as the time you 

 lose in doing the thing incompletely, is worth more than 

 the money paid for the repairs done properly. 



SHOTTING LINE. 



In shotting your line, place one about eight inches 

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