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all others, that no reliable results can be had without them. In fact, 

 if Naylor's materials are not used the body-dressing will remain in a 

 sticky condition for years and years, in which case the polish would 

 not dry. A sticky line must have a thin coat of tcrebene, which 

 should be put on and rubbed with the fingers as in polishing. 



To polish a line, get a one-ounce bottle, and fill it three -parts 

 full of the special copal. Mix nothing with it. Shake the opened 

 bottle so filled against tlic ball of the right forefinger, twirl the line 

 as before, and with the wetted finger working backwards and for- 

 wards proceed to cover a few inches of the line all round. Repeat 

 this performance quickly until a length of nearly three feet is 

 moistened. Then, while the twirling continues, rub that much to and 

 fro smoothly and evenly, but take the fingers away directly you feel 

 the least sign of stickiness. To run over the whole line in this way 

 occupies a little more than hall-an-liour. The first coat should dry 

 out of doors in a day, provided the weather is bright and warm. The 

 second coat must not be api)licd until the first is quite dry. Three 

 coals may be gi\en with ail\antage should the line seem a trifle light 

 for the rod. 



The appearance, the e.\cellinicc and durability of a line depend 

 upon the treatment of it. In order to preserve the plaits from decay, 

 and be able to put the line " where >'ou please," it should be reversed 

 on the winch after two months' fishing. At the end of another two 

 months, it should be run off the winch, fi.xed out of doors, and 

 polished as before. 



Any portion of the salmon line is liable to come in contact witii 

 the rocks so violently as to iafiict a breach of its skin. The wound, 

 only superficial, should be healed at once bly giving it a few coats of 



