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little megilp, such as is used by artists for oil- 

 painting, will serve to renew the surface, and 

 prevent the silk from becoming rotten. 



I do not know if Messrs. Eaton and Deller 

 make salmon-lines on the same principle as they 

 do those for trout, but I have no doubt they do 

 or could do so. Such a line would be perfec- 

 tion for salmon - fishing, but it should not be 

 tapered. 



All the best fishing-tackle makers keep good 

 salmon-gut. If the reader desires to purchase 

 direct from the importer, he can hardly do better 

 than write for samples and prices to Mr. Rams- 

 bottom, in Manchester. Good salmon-gut is ex- 

 pensive, and the strands are never very long. 

 The price is from 505. to loos, per hundred ; that 

 procurable at the former price is, or should be, 

 quite good enough for ordinary use. 



Gut-casts for salmon are made either what is 

 termed composite or single. In the former the 

 cast, for about two-thirds of its length, is made 

 of fine twisted gut, the rest being single. These 

 are good enough for general use, but when the 

 water is low and clear, single gut only should be 

 used. 



All gut is more or less brittle when it is dry, 

 salmon-gut especially so, and even when wet, a 

 kink or a knot in it will frequently cause it to 

 break at that spot. Gut-casts should be carefully 



