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THE BRITISH ANGLER'S LEXICON. 



Washafoa, known also as Bethabara or Sumatra 

 greenheart, is a wood grown in the East Indies, and used 

 occasionally for top pieces of trout fly rods. It is dense, 

 hard-grained, and elastic, takes a beautiful polish, is not so 

 heavy as the- genuine greenheart, but has the bad habit of 

 breaking suddenly without any apparent cause, and as it is 

 difficult to get straight in the grain, the rod makers, on 

 account of these two faults, fight shy of it. For top pieces 

 it is inferior to greenheart. 



Wasp GPllbs. These are got from the wasp's nest. 

 Trout will occasionally take them, but they are more 

 esteemed by chub and dace. This bait is sometimes 

 toasted, to make it tougher. 



WATERPROOF FISHING JACKET. 



Waterproof Fishing* Jackets. These are made 

 with or without capes, of light waterproof material, and 



