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would weaken the latter. If the ferrules work too 

 tight, a little rotten stone and oil rubbed over 

 them will render them freer. 



The guides are now the next consideration. 



Now, the guides of a fly-rod are usually of the 

 kind shown at Fig. 40, and are whipped in place, 

 usually during the process of winding the rod. 

 This process consists in winding coils of silk vary- 

 ing from one-quarter inch to one thirty-second 



Fig. 40, — Guide Rings in Place on Rod. 



Fig. 40. — Guide Rings Apart. 



inch in breadth, at intervals up the rod, to 

 strengthen it and increase its resiliency. 



These whippings are made with spool-silk, to 

 be obtained from any of the dry-goods stores ; and 

 it should be waxed with the wax given in the 

 chapter on sucker fishing. There is a proper way 

 to wind a rod, and it is as follows : Having waxed 

 the silk, take the joint in the left hand, with the 



