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is one which is thoroughly rubbed into, and 

 incorporated with, the line itself. 



"When finished, it will have little or 

 nothing of the " wax- taper- style-of-line " 

 about it. 



This is what I prefer for my own use. 



Certain very carefully prepared lines are 

 dressed under the air-pump. They are very 

 costly, but whether they are proportionately 

 good I cannot say, as I have never used 

 one myself. 



I am very favourably impressed with 

 what I have heard and read of them. 



I think that most men like to fish with 

 a tapered line. Well, it has its advantages ; 

 but the thin portion is sometimes made very 

 long, so that, when throwing a quite short 

 line, you are rather handicapped, if you 

 have to cast against the wind. 



Knowing this, I often cut off one or 

 two yards, from the extreme end. This 

 I need hardly say, should be done with 

 judgment. 



As for silk-worm gut, and the gut 

 collars that are made from it, I do not 

 think I can do better than advise the learner 

 to place himself unreservedly in the hands 

 of any first-rate fishing-tackle maker, in 

 order to insure getting reliable hanks of gut, 



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