STAINS FOR GUT. 59 



when angling for fish with such a formidable 

 furnishing of teeth as pike." 



The following recipes for stains for gut are 

 selected from Keenes Practical Fislierman : 



"Light Yellow or Amber. One and a half 

 scruples of quercitron bark, one scruple alum, one 

 scruple cream of tartar, sixteen grains of madder, 

 four drops of muriate of tin. Immerse three minutes. 



" Another Amber Stain. Steep a large handful 

 of the common barberry tree in a pint of boiling 

 water, and let it stand for a couple of hours. 



"Another Green Colour. Steep the gut in strong 

 green tea for twelve hours. 



" Light Brown Stain. Steep in strong coffee. 



" Bluish Green. Boil a handful of logwood in a 

 pint of water, and add copperas until of a suffi- 

 ciently deep colour. Immerse the gut, when the 

 preparation is cold, until the requisite hue is 

 obtained. A piece of copperas the size of a pea is 

 ordinarily quite sufficient. 



"Light Green. Boil a piece of green baize and 

 steep in the liquor while it is warm. 



" Light Yellow. Steep in tea or coffee lees. 



"Red Water Stain. Steep in a teacupful of 

 black tea, till of sufficient depth of tint." 



It is necessary to have a lead on the " spinning 

 trace," placed from two feet to three feet above the 



bait, of sufficient weight to sink it (whether 



< i Leads 



a natural or artificial bait), about a couple 



of feet under the surface of the water; and the lead 

 should be so formed or shaped as to prevent twists 

 or kinks running up the line ; there should also 

 be three swivels, or one double and one single 

 swivel between the lead and hooks, to assist the 

 revolving or spinning of the bait 



