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The " Bernard Special " line is of excellent quality 

 and strength. 



Eaton and Dellars,of No. 1, Bury Street, Ogden Smith, 

 and Westley Richards, of Birmingham, make excellent, 

 well-finished 30-yard double-tapered trout lines. 



SALMON LINES. 



The makers mentioned above can be relied on for 

 their salmon lines. The " Kingfisher " line, sold by 

 Mallock of Perth, is an especially good line, moderate 

 in price and good in quality. If I have any choice, 

 however, it is for Hardy's " Corona " salmon line. 



THE OIL-BOTTLE. 



The ingenious method of wrapping an ordinary 

 1 -ounce bottle of odourless paraffin in blotting-paper 

 suggested by Mr. Marston in the Fishing Gazette is 

 an excellent idea. The blotting-paper absorbs any 

 oil, and prevents it from soiling the coat when the 

 bottle is suspended in the ordinary way from the 

 upper front buttonhole, and offers a ready means of 

 taking the superfluous oil from the fly. 



C. Far low and Co. have for some years sold a small 

 box with a porous felt, which is first saturated with oil, 

 and on which the fly can be easily and quickly oiled. 

 No escape of the oil is possible. 



Hardy Brothers have just produced an excellent 

 pocket bottle for the same purpose. 



