TACKLE 



For the best equipment for all kinds of water, 

 the angler should have all these rods, and the heav- 

 ier salmon rod if he is likely to encounter heavy 

 water and large fish. This makes a total equip- 

 ment of four rods. 



A good reel is also essential, and any reel will 

 not do. The resistance to the pull of the line 

 when the barrel is full should be two ounces, less 

 than this will be likely to allow over-runs when 

 you strip out the line. More drag will cause too 

 much strain on a fine leader, when a fish makes a 

 sudden rush and you cannot give with the tip 

 sufficiently. I much prefer the small-diameter 

 barrel multiplying-reel, and use reels having a 

 diameter of spool when full of line, of two and one- 

 quarterjnches, and about one and a quarter inches 

 to one and one-half inches in length. If thirty 

 yards of line .040 in diameter are used and 200 

 yards of very fine oiled-silk backing, this will 

 just fill these reels nicely. The weight of my best 

 reel equipped in this way with line and all on, is 

 six ounces. I had to make this reel myself to 

 get the light weight. The others run from eight 

 to twelve ounces filled with line. I believe I can 

 make a reel and line with a total weight of five 

 ounces, to do the work, but this would be the 



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