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Dry for a day, then rub with a cloth and chamois 

 skin. I prefer turpentine to benzine, as the 

 former renders the line soft and waxy. The tents 

 which I have treated in this way for many years 

 seem never to rot, are soft and light, and have 

 never leaked. 



If you have never used a line dryer, begin 

 now. There are several good and inexpensive 

 ones on the market. No bait line can be de- 

 pended on if left on the reel over night without 

 drying. A silk line costs from one to four 

 dollars for one hundred yards, and no angler 

 can afford to let a good line rot for want of 

 drying. Lines are frequently injured by miner- 

 als in the water they are used in, and if they 

 are dried after use, this may partially offset the 

 harm. If you have no dryer, pull the line off 

 the reel and into your hat, or in a pan, if you 

 are in camp, putting the receptacle in some place 

 where it will not be turned over. In the morn- 

 ing wind the line back on the reel. Never dry 

 a silk line in the sun. A dryer is best, for the 

 line can be left on one over night, so that the 

 air will have abundant time to dry the line 

 thoroughly. 



In what shape do you keep your loose hooks, 

 sinkers, swivels, trolling and casting spoons, 

 artificial minnows, etc.? The neat little boxes 



