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lines equal to his own, and he advised 
me in a letter, that Eaton & Deller 
sold as good a line as could be pro¬ 
cured anywhere. 
r pHE general run of purchasable 
lines is today much better than it 
was a few years ago. If you buy a line 
today and take care of it the chances 
are in your favor; but a few years 
back lines were not always what we 
hoped for. 
In this connection, however, I feel 
that I must give the history of a 
“Corona” line (Hardy Bros.) that I 
purchased in 1916. This line has had 
fairly hard use, but I have always re¬ 
moved it from the reel at the end of 
every day’s use, and allowed it to get 
thoroughly dry before rewinding it; 
and at the end of the season the line 
has been coiled up in a large loose coil 
and kept in a dry, cool place until the 
following spring. After about five 
seasons’ use, as the outer surface was 
showing signs of wear, I obtained 
some of the special oil from Naylor 
Bros., 407 Oxford Street, London, 
Eng., and put on a dressing with my 
fingers. After allowing the line to dry 
for about 6 weeks, I polished it with 
talc powder. This line today is in 
better condition than it was when I 
purchased it over six years ago. 
Leaving a wet line on a reel will de¬ 
stroy it in a short time; in fact, if a 
dry-line is left on a reel for an indefi¬ 
nite period it will become sticky, and if 
left on long enough, when taken off the 
outside dressing may be as sticky as 
molasses. 
A line that is just slightly tacky can 
be cured in the following manner: get 
a collar-box and put the line inside, 
but coiled in a large loose coil; then 
put plenty of talc powder in the box; 
put the top on and shake it up well. 
Keep it there several days, giving it 
occasional shakings meanwhile. Now 
take the line out and wash the talc 
powder off and then polish the line 
with a fine linen rag. The best kind of 
linen for this purpose is obtained by 
boiling the size, etc., out of a piece of 
Imperial Tracing cloth which can be 
purchased from any dealer in drawing 
materials. This linen cloth is very fine 
woven and peculiarly free from any 
suspicion of lint. 
Now, if the surface of the line is at 
all worn, a top dressing of oil, applied 
in the manner already described, will 
complete the job, and the line will be 
as good as ever. 
When the outer surface of the line 
resembles molasses it may still be pos¬ 
sible to repair the damage. 
The decomposed dressing has first to 
be removed with a rag and coal oil; 
the line must now be thoroughly 
washed to remove all traces of the coal 
oil and then when dry it is placed in a 
bowl of pure boiled linseed oil. 
It can be left in to soak or heat can 
be applied; but we must remember that 
we are taking heroic measures to cure 
a practically ruined line, and also ex¬ 
perimenting at the same time; so if the 
results are not quite what we expect, 
the person to blame is not me, but the 
man who allowed the line to get into 
this horrible condition. After the line 
is thoroughly soaked with the oil, take 
it out, stretch it, wipe off the surplus 
oil and let the line get dry. Now if 
the line appears to be well covered with 
the dry oil, put on a top dressing with 
the fingers and proceed as already de¬ 
scribed, but if the line does not seem 
to be properly filled with the oil, give it 
another bath and let it dry before you 
finish it. 
Of course, the line could be sent back 
to the maker to be redressed but some 
of us like to do these things for our¬ 
selves. 
A FIRST-CLASS double-tapered line 
may cost as much as $12, hut if it 
is taken care of and occasional top 
dressings applied it will last for many 
years; in fact it improves with age. 
Its final end is frequently brought 
about by the wearing out of the 
tapered portions. 
The usual method of attaching the 
leader to the line is by means of the 
well-known knot. After awhile we 
have to snip off half an inch or more 
from the end, and as time goes on the 
taper gradually becomes shorter, until 
at last there ceases to be any taper left 
worth mentioning. 
If instead of using the knot we un¬ 
ravel about one-quarter of an inch of 
the end of the line and then bending 
this around, form a small loop, to be 
held in place by a fine silk binding, we 
shall indefinitely prolong the life of 
the tapered portion of the line. Care 
must be taken to make this loop with 
its silk binding as small as possible, 
because if too much silk binding is put 
on, it will make a heavy spot on the 
line. 
This is not noticeable when making 
longish casts, but it is a detriment 
when we have to make a short cast. 
Therefore keep the loop and binding as 
small as is consistent with strength, 
and to do this use very fine binding 
silk, giving the binding a coat of cellu¬ 
loid varnish. 
Another advantage that the loop 
method of attaching the leader has 
over the comomnly used knot is that 
there is no loose end of line present 
to catch the fly when casting. 
On a line that I used this summer 
and with which several good fish of 3 
lbs. were caught, I find the total length 
of loop and silk binding is only 7/16 
of an inch. 
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