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double multiplying reel "loaded" with linen line for 

 trolling and still fishing, or an emergency casting reel, 

 filled with silk line, depending on circumstances. In 

 the long narrow division in the back of the box, we 

 carry a few weedless pork and frog tandems, a minnow 

 harness, leaders or traces, folding metal ruler, screw 

 driver, small file, one drop oil can, and a dozen snelled 

 hooks on a metal hook carrier. Artificial baits we car- 

 ry in waterproof pocket books, one plug to a pocket. 

 The reels are in boxes and are wrapped in the flannel 

 shirt and go in the suit case along with the gaff or 

 net. 



Of course, we realize that this is only half of what 

 some casters carry, and a great deal more than is 

 necessary for an ordinary trip, but with this outfit 

 we are prepared for any bass, pike, or pickerel waters ; 

 with the addition of a few large hooks, large spoons 

 and a bucktail or so we are also equipped for muskel- 

 lunge. 



We do not offer this as model equipment by any 

 means, but we could use this outfit in any fresh water 

 on the continent, excepting trout streams, of course, 

 without embarrassment or trouble through lack of 

 tackle and we could, and very often do, help out some 

 improvident brother of the craft. To save time and 

 space, we will not tell of the things we once carried 

 and discarded. 



