54 THE JOLLY ANGLER. 



Bottom-fishing,) and the other (which may be a common 

 Winch, if the difference of cost is an object,) should hold 

 about 40 yards of silk line for Trolling, or Ledger-fishing. 

 For Salmon your mohair line should be 70 yards long, and 

 Winch in proportion. 



THE RUNNING LINE 



should be, for Fly-fishing, taper from the middle down- 

 wards, and made of good horse and mohair wove together ; 

 this is much lighter, finer, and stronger, than any other 

 substance used for that purpose, at the end of which have 

 a loop about half an inch long, to fasten your gut length- 

 ener to, which should be about two yards and a half long, 

 taper, and strong in proportion to the fish you expect to 

 catch ; at each end of the lengthener you must have a loop, 

 one to slip your running line through, and then put the 

 other through the loop in the running line, draw the gut 

 all through, and it will be fast; do the same with your fly 

 to the bottom loop when you want to use it, though I like 

 a knot better, as the loop causes a motion in the water, 

 and sometimes a fish rises at that instead of the fly. The 

 Trolling Line should be made of plaited silk, which is 

 better and more durable than any other; some use a sort 

 of twisted silk, called China twist; this is subject to curl 

 up, and soon gets rotten; the cord line is also used for 

 "economy " a word that is more applicable (o the plaited 

 silk in this case; the loop to your silk line should be full 

 two inches long, to let your bait and float pass through, 

 when Jack-fishing, though here again a neat knot is pre- 

 ferable. After fixing your winch on the rod, lake hold of 

 the loop of your line, and mind you pass it through every 

 ring, particularly when using the small rings, as without 

 it the rod cannot play well, particularly the Fly Rod. 

 The next requisite for Fly or Bottom-fishing is a 



LANDING NET, 



to lift the fish out of the water when it is heavier than you 

 can trust your line with; if you have a companion, he is 

 the best to use the Net, while you draw the fish towards 

 him. These Nets are attached to a ring that folds up, so 

 that it will lie in your pocket; this ring screws into a 

 stick of about 4 feet long, (see the Vignette in the title- 



