20 FISHING TACKLE 



these come in are all right, but if one has many, 

 they are bulky enough to fill a suit-case instead 

 of a tackle-box. It is a good plan to put in the 

 tackle-box the reels, lines, etc., customarily taken 

 on fishing trips, then fill in the remaining space 

 with the sliding-top boxes the baits come in. 

 Put away all boxes not needed, and put several 

 baits in each box retained. Each variety in a 

 separate box will simplify matters. The small 

 spinners and casting spoons go nicely into little 

 envelopes to be tucked in corners of the tackle- 

 box, loose hooks in other envelopes, snelled 

 hooks in a box by themselves. A small tin 

 tobacco-box is handy for odds and ends like 

 sinkers, swivels, small spool of silk, wax, and 

 cement. 



The trade supplies celluloid and other cases 

 of various shapes for artificial lures, and these 

 are cheap. Lures kept in them are free from 

 rust, and better still, from the tangling that is 

 inevitable when many devices with hooks at- 

 tached are kept together. Besides, one may 

 see what is in each envelope without opening 

 it an immense advantage when he is in a hur- 

 ry to change lures. 



A file, a small bottle of the best reel oil, or 

 better, one of the metal oil tubes; two pairs of 

 small pliers, one with flat, the other with round 



