TROUT LINES AND 
THEIR CARE 
(Continued from page 702) 
product is an example of what genius 
(which has been described as an in¬ 
finite capacity of taking pains) can 
produce. 
As far as I know the methods pur¬ 
sued by the amateurs differ some¬ 
what. Mr. Martin E. Mosely puts his 
lines, during their impregnation with 
oil, under the receiver of an air-pump 
in order to reduce the surface pres¬ 
sure and thus causes the oil to pene¬ 
trate to the heart of the line. A full 
description of Mr. Mosely’s method 
can be found on pages 30-37 of “The 
Dry-Fly Man's Handbook,” which was 
the last work from the pen of the late 
Frederick M. Halford. 
After the first dressing, Mr. Mosely 
tells me that he allows the line to dry 
for two months before he gives it an¬ 
other bath in the oil, and subsequent 
dressings are at intervals of about a 
month so as at insure the complete ox¬ 
idization of the oil before another ap¬ 
plication is made. Ten or more dress¬ 
ings are applied, so it will be seen that 
the process is a lengthy one; but the 
results, as judged by a line which I 
have lately received from Mr. Mosley’s 
skillful hands, is all that the most 
fastidious could wish for. 
There is another method of dressing- 
lines that is used by Mr. W. D. Cog- 
geshall, one of our countrymen, but a 
sometime resident of London and a 
past President of the Fly - Fisher’s 
Club. He was elected to this office 
during the late war. This club, which 
numbers amongst its members leaders 
in every walk of life, chose this method 
of showing their great appreciation of 
the very valuable assistance rendered 
by Mr. Coggeshall’s country to theirs 
in its hour of trial. 
Mr. Coggeshall does not use an air- 
pump in his line dressing; instead he 
heats the oil; to use his exact words 
which appeared in the Fishing Gazette 
(London), some time turing November, 
1919, he tells us to: “Heat oil so hot 
that it will just burn your finger; put 
line in oil, keeping heat up until air- 
bubbles seem to rise: take line off fire 
and allow it to cool in oil; take out line 
and remove surplus oil and hang it up 
to dry. Better to stretch line first, 
though. To get a perfect surface, ap¬ 
ply cold oil when line is stretched and 
dried. Be sure that every coat is thor¬ 
oughly dry before second coat is ap¬ 
plied. Rub down, smooth and polish 
with soft rag and talc powder.” 
Mr. Coggeshall’s lines are, I believe, 
the despair of professional line dress¬ 
ers, who have been after him for years 
to get the secret from him but without 
success. He considers Mr. Mosely’s 
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