CHAPTER IV. 



Trout Reels How to take a Reel to Pieces Trout Lines 

 Messrs. Eaton and Deller's Patent Lines Tapered Lines 

 Silk and Hair Lines Necessity for drying Lines after Use 

 Messrs. Farlow's Patent Line- winder How to uncoil a 

 New Line Use of Red-deer Suet Caution respecting 

 use of same Trout Gut Varieties of same Mr. Rams- 

 bottom, Manchester How Gut is manufactured How to 

 make a Taper Cast Selection of Gut Horsehair Casts 

 How to knot Gut Soaking Gut Damping-box for Gut- 

 casts Damping-box for Gut-flies Cutting-out Knots in 

 Gut Landing-nets Shape of same Utility of Long Staff 

 to Landing-net Short-handled Nets Material recom- 

 mended Fishing-bags v. Baskets Plan of Fishing-bag 

 ' Freke ' Bags Wading Garments Danger of not using 

 Waders Danger of Waders Fishing-stockings and Socks 

 Brogues Messrs. Cording's Wading-boots Mackintosh 

 Coat and Square. 



THE reel, or winch as it is termed, is an article of 

 no slight importance. Many people are far too 

 apt to think that any reel will do, so long as it 

 will wind and run freely, and that any size or 

 weight will answer the purpose. As a point of 

 fact, the reel requires to be perfectly adapted to 

 the rod, and just any reel will not do. It seems 

 a very inconsistent proceeding to take so much 

 trouble, and to be at such expense, to procure a 



