144 THe Determined Angler 



Lightest Rod. Benjamin S. Whitehead fly-fishes 

 with a gold-and-ivory-mounted split bamboo rod 

 weighing one and eleven sixteenths ounces. 



Tapered Line. "The line for dry-fly fishing should 

 be either single-tapered or double-tapered; the fine 

 end of the taper will make more of an inconspicuous 

 connection with the leader and with a tapered line 

 casting ability is doubled." Robert Page Lincoln. 



Knife and Shears. A small pair of scissors attached 

 to a string and fastened to the Angler's coat are useful 

 companions along the stream. They are more easily 

 operated than a knife; they save time, and while you 

 may do with them nearly all that can be done with a 

 knife, they will render a service that cannot be ob- 

 tained from the single blade. A knife should always 

 be carried, nevertheless, and the proper one for the 

 trout Angler is that newly invented thing which 

 requires no finger-nail work and which is made ready 

 for service by a mere pressure of the thumb on the 

 top of the handle. 



Trouting Outfit. Here's a plain, practical, reason- 

 able-price outfit with no unnecessary items: A four- 

 ounce lancewood fly-rod, a common rubber click reel 

 to hold twenty-five yards of fine water-proof silk line, 

 a seventy-five cent cane landing-net, small and with 

 no metal on it, a seventy-five cent creel, a dozen of the 

 best made and highest-priced assorted trout-flies, a 

 pair of waders, and a dollar's worth of the finest and 

 best made silk gut leaders. 



Rod Dressing. To whip rings or guides on the rod 

 use silk twist, drawing the final end through a few 



