THE STRIPED BASS 



for instance, demands a reel made especially for that 

 method. The reel must be a quadruple multiplier 

 with bearings of jewels or steel, and having a capa- 

 city of holding from two hundred to three hundred, 

 yards of twelve- to eighteen- thread Cuttyhunk 

 line. The most serviceable reels for this fishing are 

 made of hard rubber and German silver, and cost 

 from ten to fourteen dollars each. 



In fly-fishing the same tackle which is used for 

 black bass will serve quite as well for striped bass. 



Lines. - - The lines generally used for surf- 

 fishing are linen lines of the style known as Cutty- 

 hunk 9-18-thread, in lengths varying with the 

 character of the fishing. For still-fishing in sum- 

 mer or bait-fishing from the shore the line is usually 

 of braided linen, smallest size, in lengths of fifty 

 yards with a three-foot leader of single gut. In 

 trolling for comparatively small fish up to ten 

 pounds in weight, about 100 feet of braided linen 

 line, size E or F, or with 200 feet of size E for 

 larger bass, may be used. According to experts, 

 raw silk makes the best line. The sizes generally 

 used are 12-15-thread, though some use 18-thread. 

 Grass lines have frequently been employed, but 

 they require too much care, and unless well kept 

 they soon become unserviceable. Some of the best 

 linen lines, which come in 200-yard lengths, cost as 

 much as $2.50 each by the hundred. 



For small bass up to two or three pounds in 



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