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at a much cheaper rate than a private indi- 

 vidual can manufacture them, if his time 

 and trouble are to be considered of any 

 value. But as motives of curiosity may 

 induce some of the readers of this treatise 

 to try their skill in this art, an explana- 

 tion of the necessary process will be here 

 attempted. 



These lines are most generally composed 

 of a mixture of silk and hair, and as before 

 observed, are spun of various lengths. 

 For common Trout fishing in rivers, twenty 

 to twenty five yards are sufficient; for lakes 

 where the fish are large, and a boat is not 

 used, forty to fifty yards may be required; 

 and for Salmon in large rivers, eighty or 

 even a hundred will not be too great a 

 quantity. 



Single handed rod fishers prefer their reel 

 lines to run taper to the point, so that they 





