ADVICE ABOUT FISHING 



For equipment in a strange river I always have 

 the following outfit in the boat, ready for use at 

 any time: 



A light fourteen-foot salmon rod rather flexible 

 with light line. Leader fourteen to sixteen feet 

 long with .012-foot diameter for the last three or 

 four sections. On this I have a No. 8 or No. 6 

 Silver Grey fly, depending on whether the river is 

 high or low. 



Next, a single-handed rod ten feet six inches long, 

 with extra hand piece below the reel, and with a 

 light line and fourteen-foot leader with the small 

 end .010-inch diameter and a grey hackle dry fly 

 tied Palmer about one to one-and-a-quarter inches 

 diameter, oiled. The line and leader are both 

 carefully greased with deer's fat so they will 

 float well. 



Further, I have a six-and-a-quarter-oimce ten- 

 foot tournament model rod, with extra hand piece 

 below the reel, equipped with about twelve feet 

 of leader with the end .010-inch diameter or less, 

 and with an erect winged nymph fly with silver 

 body or a very small No. 12 wet fly, either Silver 

 Grey or Silver Doctor. 



I also carry a leader with Dropper and Drag 

 fly as described in the chapter on "Drag and 



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