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it sufficiently deep. This line is made of a number of 

 fine strands of copper wire braided over a silk core 

 and should not be confused with the inferior solid cop- 

 per wire lines. The braided copper line spools well 

 on the reel, does not easily kink, and even if the latter 

 does occur is not liable to part at the kink, no one of 

 which things may be said for the ordinary solid copper 

 line. Braided copper line may be had in fifty-yard 

 spools and in two sizes, E and F, of which the smaller 

 is the best to use in lakes of moderate depth. Size E 

 should be used in very deep waters. 



A reel is made and sold generally by the tackle deal- 

 ers that is particularly adapted to deep-trolling with 



copper lines of the sort described above. 



This reel is single action and supplied 

 with a strong, reliable, and easily manipulated drag; 

 it is made of metal and is of large diameter in order 

 that each revolution of the spindle may take up a good 

 quantity of line. With solid copper lines inferior, as 

 above stated, to those of braided copper large wooden 

 reels, the same as used in commoner forms of salt- 

 water fishing, are generally used. The metal reel 

 described in this paragraph is far superior to the wooden 

 reel and should by all means be employed for the sort 

 of angling under discussion. Of course, any reel of 

 large size, either double- or quadruple-multiplying, may 

 be used. These last, however, if large enough to hold 

 seventy-five to one hundred yards of size F braided cop- 

 per line and of good quality, are rather expensive. The 

 single-action metal reel recommended herein is quite 

 inexpensive and also quite good enough for the purpose, 



