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may be procured from the manufacturers of the 

 reel. Old-fashioned reels, which cannot be dis- 

 mounted without the aid of screw-drivers, had 

 better be left alone, but as the reels mostly used 

 are those described in this book on pages 43 and 

 108, which can be taken apart quite easily, with- 

 out any tools, other than a halfpenny or a 

 shilling, the instructions as to cleaning can easily 

 be carried out. 



The Line. If anglers knew the great amount 

 of labour and care, exercised in filling up, and 

 polishing to a gut-like surface, such fine lines as 

 the " Coronas," they would more fully appreciate 

 the desirability of carefully unwinding and dry- 

 ing after each day's fishing, which should always 

 be done. As to flies and tackle, nothing need 

 be said further than that care and method in their 

 handling, are amply repaid by the longer service 

 they give. Flies should always be dried after use, 

 but any sign of wear either in these or in casts, 

 should be the order for their destruction, which 

 is the greatest economy the salmon fisher can 

 practise. 



