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pends on his style of fishing. If he uses his bass tackle 

 for trout fishing (which I guess most of us do) and 

 he casts a floating fly for the spotted princes of our 

 colder waters, he should, by all means, use a tapered 

 line. If he uses only a wet or sunken fly or fishes 

 for bass exclusively, a level line is recommended. 



A compromise is the single tapered line enabling the 

 angler to use the tapered end for dry fly fishing and the 

 level end for wet flies, for casting in a high wind or for 

 bass. 



Naturally a tapered line eventually ends up level 

 from the weakened part being snipped off from time 

 to time. 



SIZES 



The custom among angling writers to recommend 

 a certain size of line for certain kinds of fishing with- 

 out any consideration of the weight and action of the 

 rod, is to be condemned because the line should match 

 the rod to secure the most satisfactory results. 



I know of cases where young anglers have followed 

 such recommendations and secured an unsuitable line 

 and gave fly fishing up in disgust, claiming it " too 

 much like work." Investigation showed that they had 

 lines too heavy or too light for their rods and such cir- 

 cumstances require much effort to make a good cast. 



Taking a well-known and excellent American-made 

 vacuum dressed line as a standard the proper sizes of 

 lines would be approximately as follows: For Ameri- 

 can rods weighing less than 4% ounces, size F, tapered 



