January, 1918 
FOREST AND STREAM 
47 
gut, but will lack the “shine” which the 
latter unfortunately possesses. 
D O not be in a hurry to use the ireshly 
drawn gut too soon, though it may 
be hne in texture, and apparently 
strong. It should mature thoroughly sev¬ 
eral days, or even weeks, to secure the 
best results. Once properly prepared, it 
will give good service for years. I have 
in my possession two leaders drawn ten 
years ago, yet they are still reliable. 
I had to learn by experience that care¬ 
ful maturing of the product is essential to 
success. On one occasion, I had drawn 
several hundred leaders; but they were 
placed in a tin box, before they were dry, 
and stored in a damp place. Several weeks 
later, on examining them, I found about 
twenty of them still good; the rest had 
become mildewed and spoiled. 
Do not expect that every leader you 
draw out will be a good one. The Spanish 
gut sold in this country is a small part of 
the total product, and not one strand in 
a hundred is perfect. Much of your prod¬ 
uct will come out flat and weak, like the 
inferior varieties of Spanish gut, due per¬ 
haps to improper pickling, the wrong kind 
of feed for the caterpillar, or an unhealthy 
worm. A considerable number will be of 
fair strength, testing to three or four 
pounds, and sufficiently strong' for brook- 
trout fishing. Occasionally you will get a 
fine specimen, long, round, and strong 
enough to hold a bass on fly-tackle. 
Naturally the strands will require testing 
to select the good from the bad. Tie a 
loop in one end of the strand, and attach 
to a hook or nail in the wall. Give a mod¬ 
erately strong pull, holding the other end. 
If the strand breaks easily, or near the 
middle, it is usually wise to discard it, 
although it may be fine in texture and ap¬ 
parently strong. But I have had strands 
break near the middle in this way, and, on 
being fastened together by loops, make suc¬ 
cessful leaders. The thin end is usually 
the weakest part, and may break off a few 
inches at a time, till two feet or more 
have been removed.. Now take those that 
stand the preliminary test successfully and 
give them a more severe one. Take a milk 
bottle, for example, and put enough water 
in it to make it weigh, say three pounds. 
Then attach the strands to be tested, and 
see if they will raise, one at a time, that 
weight. If they do, they are strong enough 
for trout-fishing with light tackle. If you 
desire to select any leaders for bass fish¬ 
ing, some which will show a greater 
strength, study very carefully the leaders 
you have just tested, then take the largest, 
strongest looking strands and with your 
milk bottle filled to a five or six pounds’ 
weight, test them again. A fair proportion 
of the gut drawn from a brood of cecropia 
worms should stand the last test. 
With regard to those leaders that have 
“come through,” you will have a product 
from six to nine feet long, of a slight 
taper, uniform consistency, even color and 
strength, and which in appearance will 
surpass the fine Spanish drawn-gut. 
In one respect, the inferiority of the 
American product must be admitted. I 
have not yet succeeded in producing a 
strand of gut that will test to ten or twelve 
pounds, as I understand an occasional 
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