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bone, for the lures are as a rule somewhat heavier 

 than those ordinarily employed with a fly-rod, 

 and it is never the part of wisdom to run chances 

 of straining a good tool. The line should be the 

 regulation enameled silk, such as is used for fly- 

 fishing. The reel of course should be the one 

 you prefer, though, as I have said again and 

 again in this book, that new reel, the quadruple 

 adapted to fly-fishing, is just the thing. By no 

 means attempt night fishing with a single action. 

 When you must depend more or less upon the 

 sense of feeling in your operations, you need a 

 reel that can be speeded up quickly, and that 

 will retrieve line as fast as an in-rushing trout 

 can travel. 



I presume that I shall be criticised for includ- 

 ing this chapter in "Trout Lore"; but here we 

 have a variety of trout fishing not much indulged 

 in, yet one that has possibilities for the patient, 

 painstaking angler, though it will never become 

 very popular because one must be painstaking 

 and patient. I am sure that the angler who 

 goes up against some hopeless proposition, but 

 happens to have in his kit a few of those little 

 "trout plugs," will thank me for my words of 

 advice. Then, too, the angler and he is legion 

 who courts a new experience will thank me 



