SECRETS OF THE SALMON 



best grade of gut I have had will stand, I give 

 the following tests which I have gotten on various 

 lots: 



Diameter Breaking strain I 



of gut in pounds, wet 



.006 2-2 >i 



.008 2}4~3 



.010 3-3K 



.012 4-4/^ 



.014 4K-5 



.016 6-61^ 



.018 7-7 >^ 



.020 8-8 >^ 



This, of course, is a general average of very good 

 gut. They are not the best pieces I have ever had. 

 Gut like this can be obtained if you take enough 

 trouble and test it yourself. ' It will hold salmon 

 well. The ordinary gut sold is about forty per 

 cent wea:ker than these figures, and it is hard to 

 get gut of .012 to go over three and one-half 

 pounds. 



For nearly all my fishing I use a fourteen-foot 

 leader made .020 at the large end and .010 to .012 

 at the smaller end. If I need smaller, finer ends 

 than this, I use three to six feet of finer gut tied to 

 this, because when you want a fine leader you 

 always need a long one in salmon fishing. In 

 wet-fly fishing I sometimes take off four and five 

 feet, and add some heavier gut to say .014 in place 



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