SUCKER FISHING 21 



your financial resources, for you cannot make that 

 at this stage of your angHng education. A good 

 Hnen line may be bought cheap, and for rough 

 usage it is to be preferred to the fine silk lines 

 costing even as high as five cents per yard. The 

 trouble is that the linen soon soaks up water, and 

 gets thick and "logy." This, however, may be 

 remedied in this wise. Wind your line on a card, 

 not too tightly. Then get an old tomato can or 

 other receptacle, next some old wax-candle ends 

 (the paraffine wax is best), and, after cutting out 

 the pieces of cotton-wick, place them in the can. 

 Put it on the stove until the wax is quite melted, 

 but do not get it too hot, or it will burn your line. 

 Now immerse the line, and keep it in the solution 

 till thoroughly impregnated. When you think 

 this is accomplished (and it takes several hours, 

 according to the thickness of the line), find the 

 end of the line, still keeping it in the warm solu- 

 tion, and have a companion gently walk back with 

 it, whilst you pass it through your closed finger 

 and thumb, to press off the superfluous wax. 

 This should be done in a warm room, or near the 

 stove, because the wax cools very rapidly. Hav- 

 ing come to the end of your line, stretch it be- 



