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turn silk centred. By this means just sufficient metal is introduced 

 into the line's centre, out of the way of all friction. It is used in 

 an annealed state, and is simply unbreakable. So convinced are 

 we, after some years' trial of the durability of the new line, that 

 we supply on this unprecedented condition : 



Cash to be refunded or duplicate line supplied if line be not deemed 

 satisfactory after twelve months' wear. 



As the " Improved Acme " is equally adapted for fly, spinning, 

 and bottom-fishing, the above condition of purchase is extended 

 to all lines supplied for either sea or freshwater fishing. 



A great advantage of the " Acme " is the ease with which a line 

 can be got out. Being but little more than half the thickness of 

 an old style line, though equally strong, it cuts through an 

 opposing breeze and delivers the cast-off line with precision at 

 long distances. The habitual user of a silk and hair line especially, 

 will almost invariably cast many yards further with the " Acme," 

 with extreme lightness and precision. 



In spinning, and in fly, midwater, and bottom fishing, there is 

 an absence of " curls " or " kinks," owing to the line being the 

 requisite medium between stiffness and limpness. 



On perusing the declared opinions of several of the leading 

 living authorities, extracts from whose writings are appended, it 

 will be observed that another chief point of superiority in the 

 " Acme," in addition to the greatly increased casting powers that 

 are extended to the user, is that of freedom from tangling, which 

 hitherto has played havoc, at critical moments, with the fisher- 

 man's " time, temper, and tackle." These alone, it will be obvious 

 to both tyro and proficient, are improvements as important as 

 they are original. A practical trial, however, alone can convey an 

 adequate notion of the full value of the improved line. 



With this brief echo of the avowed opinions of the habitual 

 users of the line described, we commend the " Improved Acme " 

 to the attention of every individual interested in piscatorial 

 pursuits. 



D. & W. H. FOSTER. 



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