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the hobnailed wading-shoe. The knowledge will, 

 too, enable him to make his own tapered lines 

 not so smooth and fine as those from the tackle- 

 dealer but very serviceable nevertheless by 

 splicing together different sizes of level-dressed 

 line, which you can obtain in single or multiple 

 twenty-five yard lengths. Tapered lines come 

 singly in lengths of thirty yards or more. Thus 

 you also may make use of the still solid portions 

 of expensive lines that are partially worn out, 

 at the end. 



To splice a line, first fray out the ends to be 

 united, with a needle or steel pin, carefully sep- 

 arating the strands for about three-fourths of 



an inch. 

 Divide the 

 strands of 

 each end 

 LinespUcing into three 



equal parts; cut away not much more than 

 a fourth from each part; overlap the splice as 

 shown in the illustration but do not push the 

 two sections tightly together. When splicing a 

 lighter to a heavier piece of line, cut out fewer 

 strands, if any, from the former. Now twist 

 the whole splice tightly, right hand turning 

 away from you, left toward you. Catch the 

 middle of the splice in your fly vise, or in the 

 corner of a larger vise. Make the winding in 

 two parts, starting each from the middle, and 

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