1 6 BOTTOM OR FLOAT-FISHING. 



trouble, but it is trouble well bestowed, and will 

 tell on the basket. The removal of the gloss is I 

 think due to the action of the copperas. Every 

 description of gut used in fishing should be stained 

 in this manner. 



To produce the common stains already men- 

 tioned : 



Red-water stain. Use tea-leaves as above de- 

 scribed : or coffee, previously charred in a frying- 

 pan and ground, will answer instead of tea. 



Walnut-juice is said to produce a similar colour, 

 but as I have never tried it, I cannot speak from 

 experience. 



Slate stain. Soak the gut in a mixture of 

 boiling water and ink, rinsing it well when stained. 



All gut stains can be reduced in intensity by 

 soaking the gut in boiling water. 



STAINING HAIR. 



Stained hair is seldom used, the natural brown 

 colour being usually preferred. Before it can be 

 properly stained the greasiness must be removed 

 by what is termed by dyers a "mordant." A 

 good mordant for the purpose, as well as for the 



