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ally be attended to, especially if much spinning be 

 done. This four-inch winch barely weighs, with 

 the line on it, eight ounces, and the big barrel 

 assists in pulling a fish out of a dangerous spot. 



I have always used plaited silk lines for long 

 corking for chub, and am quite content with 

 the way they do their work. In these lines, 

 the chance of kinking is reduced to the minimum. 

 I hear that twisted lines are now being used again 

 to some extent, and I fancy they would be more 

 elastic than the plaited, and would run easier. One 

 of the most important features about a chub-line 

 is that it should float ; to ensure this, I grease my 

 lines with a mixture of green enamel (Aspinall's) 

 and vaseline. This gives a lovely, flexible surface 

 to the line, and once the line is well saturated one 

 greasing is sufficient for a long day's work. The 

 greasing is very easily done by thoroughly 

 saturating a piece of thick flannel, some three 

 inches square, with vaseline, rubbing the vaseline 

 well into the flannel ; then take a little enamel on 

 the finger tip, place the flannel on a flat, clean 

 surface and rub the enamel into the grease. 

 Stretch the line loosely between two trees, taking 

 care it does not touch the ground anywhere, 

 otherwise dust or grit will be picked up, run the 

 flannel along the line backwards and forwards, 

 dressing the line three or four times before use, 

 and letting it soak up all the mixture it will take 

 without undue clogging. The colour will darken 

 after use, and the line is nothing like so con- 

 spicuous on the surface as a plain white line or 

 one dressed with vaseline only. To take all stray 

 kinks out of the line, I make the end fast to a 

 double swivel and rub towards the swivel. After 



