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OCEAN, LAKE, AND RIVER. 



& TABLE OF APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS OF FISH ACCORDING TO 

 THEIR LENGTHS. 



Length. 



Weight 



Inches. 



13 



15 

 16 

 »7 

 18 



33 

 34 



25 



a« 

 »7 

 38 

 39 

 30 

 31 

 33 

 33 

 34 

 33 

 36 

 37 

 38 

 39 

 40 

 41 

 43 

 43 

 44 

 45 

 46 



Salmon. 



lbs. 



14 

 '3 

 16 



33 

 34 

 36 

 38 

 31 

 33 

 34 

 37 



83i 



9K 



I3>^ 



o 



5K 



6>f 

 3 



I5X 

 14 

 14X 

 o 



^% 

 15K 



Trout. 



lbs. 



6X 

 9 



14K 



6 



io>f 

 I53i 



6 

 12X 



4 



i2>r 



5« 



sX 



^ 



o 



15 



15 



Grayling. 



lbs. 



oz. 



4X 

 6X 

 9J!f 

 loX 



1 



5 



9X 

 I4ii 



5 

 loX 



9X 



3 



5X 



Pike. 



lbs. oz. 



13 

 14 

 15 

 17 

 18 



XI 



13K 

 oJi 

 4X 

 8X 



13 

 3 

 7>f 



13K 

 AX 



I3X 



4>ir 

 13X 



7« 



I« 

 13 



9 



6 



3?C 



3jtf 



3K 



35i 



4« 



7i< 



Varnish for Fly Rods. — Take as much shellac as the alcohol used will dissolve. 

 Spread evenly, dry thoroughly, put on three or four coats, and rub down with 

 rotten stone. 



3. Take three ounces best gum shellac, one and an eighth ounce gum benzoin, 

 Jialf an ount.3 ^m sandarach, half an ounce gum mastic, one quart alcohol 90 per 

 cent, proof; pulverize separately and add the alcohol. Put in a black bottle and 

 Bet in the sun, shake often, then pour off. If too thick, add alcohol ; if too thin, 

 take out the cork. Apply with linen rag. 



To Waterproof Fisk Lines. — Dissolve parafiine in naphtha or benzine ; also, boi 



