52 SALMON AND TROUT. 



for every description of fishing with fly, float, bait, or worm. 

 Dressed silk has moreover a ' driving ' ower in rough weather 

 which cannot be got out of any undressed material. 



It is difficult to give a ' scale of sizes ' which will enable a 

 particular thickness of line to be ordered by it from any par- 

 ticular tackle maker, as the scales published in the tackle makers' 

 catalogues, etc., almost all differ descriptively or numerically. 

 But, as it may be of convenience to my readers, I will with 

 their permission take this opportunity of suggesting a uniform 

 scale which possibly, in time, both tackle makers and line 

 manufacturers may find it for their own and everybody else's 

 comfort to adopt. (This scale is for un-tapered lines.) 



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BADMINTON SCALE. 



No. i, only fit for trout worm-fishing or float-fishing ; No. 2, for very light 

 8 ft. lady's fly-rod, and fine for that ; No. 3, suitable for a lady's ordinary 8 ft. 

 or for a light 10 ft. rod ; No. 4, fit for an ordinary 10 or n ft. trout rod ; No. 

 5, do. , stout ; Nos. 6 and 7, for grilse or light salmon rod ; No. 8, do. , slightly 

 Stouter ; No. 9, medium stout salmon line ; No. 10, extra stout salmon line, 



