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it seems awkward. The only reel is one of the 

 four-time multiplying, because in fishing two 

 hundred feet of water you will need to have ab- 

 solute and instant control of your line. A new 

 reel upon the market, a quadruple without bal- 

 ance handle, is almost perfect. The line can 

 either be regular braided waterproof silk, or 

 enameled; for distance fishing I prefer the 

 former though the enameled is not quite so apt 

 to tangle about roots. For reeling I dispense 

 with the leader, using a snelled hook of rather 

 small size, being sure the line is stronger than the 

 hook, so that if the latter becomes snagged, the 

 line will break it. No sinker should be used. 

 The line should be free to travel and deport it- 

 self at the will of the current. (We will discuss 

 other tackle in the chapter on "Fishing Little 

 Streams.") 



'Grasshopper-fishing is in a class by itself, more 

 nearly approaching fly-fishing than any other 

 method of taking the wily trout. The tackle 

 should be of the lightest. In open streams a 

 three-ounce rod will be the thing; reel, orthodox 

 single action; line, enameled, tapered if possible, 

 seventy-five feet of it, for the proper way is to 

 cast and not reel; leader, three-feet, longer if 

 you wish; hook, small one of the new "Sure 



