STREAMCRAFT 



Glasgow, Scotland, and though apparently very 

 similar to the article known as the Japanese 

 invisible fiber fishing-lines, about which more or 

 less has appeared in the outdoor magazines 

 during the past few years, it has been stated 

 that it is a genuine silkworm product and not 

 of vegetable origin, and that the secret of the 

 long uniform lengths obtained is that of blend- 

 ing the silk-sacs of a number of worms before 

 the gut is drawn out. But it does not appear 

 to be identical with standard gut. It is more 

 flexible, is very durable, and an improvement 

 over silkworm-gut because of its dead, lusterless 

 character, gut having a glassy surface which 

 refracts light. And about the only drawback 

 seems to be the tendency for a cut end to fray 

 and thus embarrass one in threading it through 

 the eye of the hook. A friend tells me that 

 burning the end is a remedy. Telerana Nova 

 leaders are obtainable in uniform lengths of 

 three, six, and nine feet, without knots; the most 

 useful sizes for trout and bass are numbers 3, 

 4, and 5, which test to ten, seven, and four 

 pounds breaking strength respectively. They 

 should be dried on the stretch before putting 

 away after use. 



The arrangements shown in Figures 1, , and 



3, for attaching the reel-line to the leader, are 



likewise applicable for the attachment of a 



dropper-fly straight snell to a dropper-loop in 



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