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and -will bear rougher and more careless usage. It is much, 

 heavier, however, is not so elastic, and, therefore, not 

 so desirable a line, in these respects, as the silk line. The 

 onlj' size to use is G, or 5. 



The above are the only lines that I can recommend for 

 bait-iishing for black bass, where much casting is prac- 

 ticed, for braided lines are the onlj' lines that will not 

 kink and curl. No twisted or cable-laid line can be profit- 

 ably employed for this purpose, on account of this kinking 

 propensity, which, to the angler, is a source of great 

 trouble, vexation, and perplexity; and there is no method 

 by which the kink can be entirely removed or eradicated 

 from twisted lines. Some anglers maintain that this kink- 

 ing quality can be taken out of a line by trailing it in the 

 water behind a boat, without sinker or hook; but this is a 

 delusion and a snare, for after casting a line a few times 

 in succession that- has been treated in this manner for 

 hours, it will kink and snarl as badly as ever, and this is 

 to be naturally expected, from the mode of manufacturing 

 such lines. It is unreasonable, moreover, to expect a 

 twisted line to*|)erform the functions of a braided one, for 

 this it can not do. 



In the first edition of this book I made the statement 

 that the perfect line for black bass bait-fishing was yet in 

 the future, and suggested how a much better line than any 

 in use could be made, and expressed the hope that such a 

 line would soon be produced, as I had invited the attention 

 of the extensive fishing line manufacturing concern of the 

 Henry Hall, Jr., Company, of Highland Mills, N". Y., to 

 the matter.. 



I am glad to state that suitable lines were shortly after- 

 ward manufactured by the said company, in response to 

 those suggestions, and have been in the market for many 



