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face, perfectly smooth, and sufficiently large to allow the 
line to run without the slightest obstruction or friction. 
Let me give one hint before I take leave of the rod. 
I recommend that all trolling-rods should have guides on 
both sides—that is, a guide on the opposite side of the 
other: not on the butt, but on all joints from the butt to 
the end; and why? In this kind of fishing there is 
powerful pressure on the rod; and the very best will, from 
hard work, become bent, and remain bent, and thus lose 
its elasticity. To obviate this, turn round the joints, slip 
the line through the spare guides, and in a few hours the 
rod is “ all straight.” 
2d. Tur Rert.—To give an explanation of this 
would be absurd. I will simply say, that No. 3 is 
about the proper size for a trolling-rod, without stop, click, 
or multiplier. The line cannot run off too free. According 
to my opinion, John Conroy can make the best reel in the 
world. 
3d. Tue Linz.—One hundred yards is abundant. 
Twisted silk is the best line for trolling. I know they 
kink, when new;. but very little use will put an end to 
it—id est, knock the kink out of it. 
Plaited lines are very good and cheap, and do not 
kink; but they absorb the water, and do not run free 
from the rod. 
A mixture of hair in lines is my abomination. It is 
the most dangerous and uncertain stuff a man can use. 
You can never depend on it; the hairs will give way with 
but little strain; and when you hook the heaviest fish, the 
greater danger is to be apprehended. I hate them. 
