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tied up or left open, as required ; or a short length of the 

 bag can be used for small fish, roach, dace, perch, &c. 

 This bag is of little weight ; it can be rolled up, and takes 

 up very little room in the creel. It can be scrubbed and 

 soaked when it requires cleansing, and will last for years. 

 For long fish, such as pike, Thames trout, or barbel, this 

 bag is most useful. 



As a preservative from moth, there is nothing to equal 

 the albo-carbon sold by most gasfitters. The 

 smell is pungent, but not unpleasant. The cubes pre " 

 should be placed wherever clothes or feathers mo th 

 are kept ; a few, sewn in muslin bags, suspended 

 in wardrobes, will effectually keep moth away. The carbon 

 may be finely grated amongst flies or feathers. It evapor- 

 ates very slowly, and costs but a few pence the pound. 



The running line should always be carefully dried after 

 use. Uncoil it from the winch on the table ; or a 

 " spreader," as sold by most 

 tackle-dealers, may Dr Jn 

 be used. A greased jfne^ 

 line should have the 

 greasy rag run over it as it is 

 wound again on the winch. 

 Test the ends of line occa- 

 sionally ; the length that 

 touches the water most is 

 liable to get rotten ; and 

 when this is noticed, a few 

 yards must be broken off, 

 until the sound part of the 

 line is reached. The late 

 J. P. Wheeldon, one of the 

 best anglers who ever lived, 

 was most careful in drying , 

 his lines; many times, when 

 he stayed at Weybridge, I 

 called on him, and generally found a neatly coiled line 

 on the table or sideboard. 



Some of the provisions of the Thames Fishery Bye- 

 Laws are most important to anglers ; and the following 

 should be specially noted. 



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LINE DRIER. 



