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like the brownish-yellow tinge imparted by 

 soaking the gut in a decoction of tea and red 

 onion leaves. 



Malcolm A. Shipley says that "The famous 

 mist color for leaders and gut is made as fol- 

 lows: Into an enameled boiler that will hold 

 one pint, place as much best quality chip log- 

 wood as will go into a teaspoon; fill the boiler 

 with water and let it come to a boil. Allow it 

 to boil for ten minutes, take it off the fire and 

 place in it as much sulphate of iron as you can 

 hold on a ten-cent piece and stir it until dis- 

 solved. Now place the gut in the liquor one 

 and one-half minutes, then if not dark enough 

 insert it again, and allow to stay until it has the 

 desired shade. I have used this recipe for years 

 and have never found it injurious to the gut 

 in any way." 



The three most useful sizes of gut for trout 

 and bass fishing are what is known to the trade 

 as First Padron, Regular, and Refina, the first 

 being the heaviest of the three. Smaller sizes 

 than the Refina are called "drawn" gut; they 

 are 2x, 3x, and 4x. These are strands which 

 in the natural state have been submitted to a 

 planing process by drawing them through 

 definitely-gauged holes in a metal cutting-plate, 

 which of course weakens the gut. 



Stored gut should be kept from moisture and 

 light, and it is recommended to enclose it in 

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