4 AN ANGLER'S YEAR 



to carry two rods and winches when on angling bent. 

 Surely the gentlemen who carry a different shade of fly 

 for each day in the season and hour of each day, would 

 not find a second winch much extra trouble, while the 

 second rod need seldom be unpacked ; so seldom indeed, 

 that it comes as a revelation to the fisherman that use 

 and wont render the apparently difficult easy. If the 



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Fig. 3. Sizes of Dressed Lines. 



dry-fly amateurs of the chalk streams would one and all 

 try a light, resilient rod with a thin level or lightly tapered 

 line, there is little doubt that the skilled fishers would 

 never return to their present whip-lashes. For delicacy 

 of casting and ease of recovery, with a properly fitted 

 rod, such lines are, to my mind, infinitely superior to 

 those now in use. Dogmatism on any fishing subject 

 is quite out of place, and it is impossible to state 

 definitely what will or will not suit any other angler ; 

 these suggestions are therefore put forward as a result 



