140 CASTING TACKLE AND METHODS 



possible. After the winding is finished and the end 

 pulled under, the silk can be pressed snugly together, 

 using the back of the knife-blade for the purpose. 

 Always the winding should be shellacked and 

 allowed to dry for a few hours at least, better days, 

 as advised in the paragraph upon shellacking. 



The wise angler will carry one or more extra line- 

 guides in his kit, for once in a thousand years a guide 

 is broken, and while there is small chance that he 

 will be found in the thousandth year, yefhe may. 

 In placing the guide upon the rod, line up with the 

 others and mark the place with a pencil. Begin the 

 winding beyond the guide, which has been fastened 

 temporarily with a few wrappings of silk, and work 

 toward it. When the wrapping covers the shank of 

 the guide it should be ended with an underdraw; 

 never pass the silk over to the other shank run 

 under the guide for to do so is to increase the 

 chances for a broken thread. If the rodster wishes 

 to wind under the line-loop, he will begin again. 

 Wide windings are never the part of wisdom, for 

 the simple reason that a break means the replacing 

 of the whole winding. I always use three windings 

 for every guide. When I desire a long winding, say 

 an inch wide, I divide it in four sections of a quarter 

 of an inch each. Again, continuous windings are 

 dangerous. 



Sometimes a tip-top breaks, again "once in a thou- 

 sand years," and you or I may draw the thousandth; 



