92 FAMILIAR FISH, THEIR HABITS AND CAPTURE 



breakages can occur with its use. For ordinary bait 

 fishing, a C or D size serves all purposes, but a 

 lighter one is better adapted for fly fishing, as will 

 be shown later on. For any fishing except salmon, 

 twenty-five or thirty yards of line are amply suf- 

 ficient, especially with the automatic reel, which 

 checks a fish from running it all out. For trolling, 

 a No. 1 braided linen grass-colored line will be 

 found most satisfactory. 



The subject of hooks is one that should be care- 

 fully studied and most thoroughly understood. 

 Every angler has his own ideas as to sizes and kinds 

 for various fish, which renders it difficult to make 

 recommendations that others will agree with. Sug- 

 gestions will be given on this point in succeeding 



Kendall sneck. Carlisle. Sproat. 



chapters, where the methods of catching various 

 kinds of fish are discussed. In the accompanying 

 illustrations the various sizes of hooks are shown, 



