86 ALL ABOUT TROUT FISHING. 



strong tea, and steep the gut in it for half- 

 an-hour, which does away with much of 

 the glitter and gives the gut a neutral tint. 

 The gut should be kept in chamois 

 skin. Murton (Newcastle) has a new 

 patent pig-skin pouch, containing trans- 

 parent celluloid envelopes, that answers 

 admirably. Any close material preserves 

 gut, but it should be exposed to light as 

 little as possible. 



MAKING UP A CAST. 



In making up casts it needs to be well 

 soaked in warm water, otherwise it is 

 brittle. Lay the ends of two strands side 



Fisherman's Knot. 



by side, then the gut being first thoroughly 

 well soaked form a loop with each of the 

 short ends of the gut, and pass the end 

 through twice, making two half-hitches 



