SECRETS OF THE SALMON 



best grade of gut I have had will stand, I give 

 the following tests which I have gotten on various 

 lots: 



Diameter Breaking strain 



of gut in pounds, wet 



.006 ...................................... 2-2 # 



.008 

 .010 



.012 ................... ................... 4-4^ 



014 ...................................... 4^-5 



.016 ...................................... 6-6# 



.018 ...................................... 7-7 X 



.020 



This, of course, is a general average of very good 

 gut. They are not the best pieces I have ever had. 

 Gut like this can be obtained if you take enough 

 trouble and test it yourself. It will hold salmon 

 well. The ordinary gut sold is about forty per 

 cent weaker than these figures, and it is hard to 

 get gut of .012 to go over three and one-half 

 pounds. 



For nearly all my fishing I use a fourteen-foot 

 leader made .020 at the large end and .010 to .012 

 at the smaller end. If I need smaller, finer ends 

 than this, I use three to six feet of finer gut tied to 

 this, because when you want a fine leader you 

 always need a long one in salmon fishing. In 

 wet-fly fishing I sometimes take off four and five 

 feet, and add some heavier gut to say .014 in place 



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