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years. These lines seem to be all that can be desired as 

 reel-lines in bait-fishings for which the bass fisher is to 

 be congratulated. 



The lines just alluded to are styled letter " H," or No. 6 

 in size; and while they are a third less in caliber than the 

 " Gr," or Xo. 5 line, they seem to contain the same amount 

 of stock, and to be fully as strong, but being more closely 

 braided they are much smaller in size, and more compact. 

 They absorb but little water, and consequently render very 

 freely in casting the minnow. Owing to the demand 

 created for the " H " line, other manufacturers soon began 

 making them. 



They can now be had in several styles, and of the best 

 selected dressed and raw silk. The dressed or 

 e r G H boiled silk line is very firm and light, weighing 

 not quite two grains to the yard — one hundred 

 yards weighing one hundred and eighty-five 

 grains. It is of the same caliber as the Xo. 1 

 sea-grass line, and fully as strong, sustaining a 

 strain of eight pounds. 



The raw silk line is very hard and compact, 

 and a trifle heavier than the boiled silk line, 

 weighing about two and one-third grains to the yard, or 

 two hundred and thirty-five grains to a hundred yards. 

 It is mottled in color, like most raw silk lines. It sustains 

 a dead weight of ten pounds, which is at least three times 

 the strength actually required with a pliant rod. I have 

 often killed bass averaging three pounds with a line that 

 would not sustain more than a pound, dead weight. 



This line is also made waterproof by a new process, 

 which does not detract in any way from its use as a bait 

 line, as the waterproofing does not diminish its flexibility 

 or softness in any degree — a result that had before been 



