FOREST AND STREAM 
819 
ABOUT INVISIBLE LEADERS. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Referring to the so-called invisible fishing lines, 
mentioned in recent numbers of Forest and 
Stream, my experience may be of interest. I 
am using a gut substitute, purchased from the 
manufacturer in Glasgow, Scotland, and known 
as Tellarana Nova, and Tellarana Fibra, the lat¬ 
ter, the single strand variety, Nos. 4 nd 5, both 
trout sizes, testing 7 and 4 y 2 lbs. respectively, 
can be bought in Glasgow, for 36, and 24 cents 
per coil of 40 yards. It owes its invisibility to 
the fact that unlike gut, it shows no reflected 
light, when wet. 
My experience with it is confined to last sea¬ 
son, when I used a No. 4 Tellarana Fibra leader 
about three months, using it every week during 
that time. At the end of that period it appeared 
as good as new, no signs of wear or weakening 
being visible. I then lost it, by reason of my line 
(a tapered one) breaking. The line had been 
in use for several seasons and was doubtless 
weakened thereby. A savage strike from a heavy 
salmon trout snapped it not far from the leader. 
I then recalled what H. P. Wells says about test¬ 
ing your tackle. But regrets were vain—a fine 
fish lost, and I will never know how long that 
leader would have lasted. I have tried three 
•other brands, all English, but did not like them. 
They proved to be soft and flimsy when wet, 
-more like a silk thread. Hardy Bros., Alnwick, 
England, in their catalogue say of gut substi¬ 
tute: “The material is twisted silk, dressed with 
gum. When the gum washes out, as it is bound 
to do in use, the real character, twisted silk, is 
seen.” 
I think that may be true of some of the brands 
I tried, but not of the Tellerana goods, for, after 
three months’ use, I could see no change in its 
character. But it is more flexible when wet than 
gut, but not enough to lessen its casting qualities. 
I am in no way interested in the sale or manufac¬ 
ture of these goods, but am giving my experience 
with it, in the hope that some of my brother 
anglers will also give it a trial and publish the 
results. To be sure this test is not conclusive, but 
It does give grounds for further trial. 
F. D. Owen. 
Roseburg, Oregon, December 15, 1915. 
WOLVES IN MAINE. 
Augusta, Maine, December 14, 1915. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Referring to your request of some time since 
that we send you information regarding any re¬ 
ports that the Department may receive of the 
presence of wolves in this state, I beg to say 
that Hon. W. H. Sherman, Bar Harbor, who 
was a member of our State Legislature in 1913, 
had a somewhat thrilling experience with a wild 
animal while on a vacation trip in Washington 
County this fall, and it has been suggested that 
possibly the animal was a wolf. The story of 
his experience was published in the “Bar Harbor 
Times,” December 11. I am writing Mr. Sher¬ 
man to-day asking him to send you a copy of 
the paper containing the account of his experi¬ 
ence. 
Trusting this matter may still be of interest 
do you, I am, 
Very truly yours, 
Harry B. Austin, 
Chairman Commissioners of Inland Fisheries 
and Game. 
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