Tackle for Norway. 1 1 1 



I use salmon reels, with check of double strength, which 

 requires special construction ; but the mechanism is simple. 

 Messrs. Hardy Brothers make them for me, and I find 

 that the extra power is of great importance in any 

 description of salmon angling. 



For sea-trout, the rod as used in Great Britain serves 

 well, and for trout fishing, a 12-ft. fly -rod and 10-ft. 

 trolling-rod will be handy, with reels and lines to match 

 them. 



Casts. — For salmon, will be required of treble-gut 

 throughout, and others, of two yards treble and one yard 

 single, and sometimes even three yards of single-gut. For 

 sea-trout and trout, single-gut casts are best. 



Treble and single gut traces should be provided for 

 harling and trolling (fitted, of course, with swivels), or steel 

 wire traces in their place. 



I always use casts composed of two yards treble and 

 one yard single gut, with No. 5/0 flies and under, while 

 for No. 6/0, and above, I use treble-gut casts — not on 

 account of the fish or water, but only on account of the 

 weight of the fly, for I think the best single-gut is prac- 

 tically as strong as the ordinary treble ; but a heavy fly, 

 especially if it be dressed on an eyed-hook, is apt to neck 

 the extremity of the cast. 



Flies. — My experience is that Norwegian salmon are 

 very free takers, and I do not find that they are very 



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