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tainly it is just as sportsmanlike as to fish for six-inch 

 brook trout in a meadow brook or a mountain rill." 

 James A. Henshall. 



Rust Preventive. Use animal oil free of salt on any 

 metal steel, iron, brass, German silver, etc. Vaseline 

 may be used on brass and German silver; mercurial 

 ointment on steel and iron. Don't use ordinary vege- 

 table oil. 



Telescopic Reel. An English reel, the telescope 

 winch, can be expanded to carry a double quantity of 

 line or less at will. By its means a trout reel becomes a 

 salmon reel or bass reel or vice versa as you please. 



Fine Tackle. "His tackle for bricht, airless days 

 is o' gossamere; and at a wee distance aff you think 

 he's fishin' without ony line ava. " The Ettrick 

 Shepherd. 



Dressing for Silk Wrappings. Cobbler's wax 

 dissolved in spirits of wine. Paint it on with a feather. 



Line Dressing. Deer's fat solidifies at a higher 

 temperature than most fats and will cling well. 



Black Leader and Snell. "For trout, use a black 

 leader and have your hooks snelled with black gut. " 

 "Country Pumpkin." 



Thin Line. "The thinner the line I use the more 

 fish I catch." A. Hamilton, Jr. 



Cocoon Lines. The Japanese now make almost 

 invisible fishing lines from cocoons. The silk threads 

 are boiled in oil and glue and calendered under heavy 



