114 THE DRIFFIELD ANGLER. 



ber is dissolved, then boil and skim it ; use 

 it warm, and lay the rod aside till quite dry ; 

 it will appear on the rod like a fine thin 

 bark, is very durable, and will preserve it 

 from other injuries. If the rod is a hollow 

 one, tie a rag to the end of a stick, dip it in 

 linseed oil, and rub the inside well about 

 three times a year. 



OF THE LINE. 



Your lines, whether for running or float- 

 fishing, are best made of horse hair, unless 

 you fish for Barbel, when they should be 

 Biade of silk, or silk and hair mixed, and 

 must be proportioned to the general size of 

 the fish you expect; always remembering 

 that the single hair, or gut, is to be preferred 

 for small Trout, Salmop-smelts, Roach, or 

 Dace fishing. The reel-line must be very 

 strong, and for the greater facility in throw- 

 ing, should be from sixteen to eighteen hairs 

 at the top, and diminished gradually ; there 

 are lines to be had at the tackle-shops that 



