Se ee WOR CU ects 
Price per Hundred 
13” 14” 15 
REFINA Superior —_.75_ 82-90. 98 
i Selecta .90 96 1.08 1.20 
JS et eee Superior Af Tos, fe 79-83-88 
Selecta .90 .96 1.08 1.20 
REGULAR ____ Superior 0.7579 83 88 
Selecta. 1.02 1.10 1.22 1.34 
PADRON 2nd_ Superior At es 88.5 A 95 1,12 
" Selecta 1.26 1.87 1.54 1.67 
PADRON Ist Superior 98 1.06 1,131.28 
‘* Selecta 1.75 2.10 240 2.70 
MARANA 2nd Superior 1.26 1.50 1.68 1.80 
a Selecta 3.02 360 432 5.04 
MARANA Ist Superior 2.02 2.74 3.10 3.60 
ous dealers allow the breaking of 
the 100-strand bundles and others 
pack them in 25 and 50 lot strands. 
Drawn Gut is made by drawing the 
gut through different sized holes 
drilled in a steel plate to reduce the 
calibre of the gut and is not as strong 
as the natural gut, as some 
of the textile strength is, of 
course, destroyed in the 
operation. 
The tying of leaders is a 
simple matter and all to the 
taste; for each leader serves 
its purpose for use upon a 
large or small stream, for a 
heavy or light rod, whether 
to be used for “wet or dry 
fly,” trout, bass or “just a 
leader” for still fishing. A 
wet fly leader is usually tied 
of one size gut, with two 
dropper loops, in lengths 
from 5 to 9 feet. According 
to the size stream to be 
fished, etc. This applies to 
both trout and bass. 
APRS dry fly leader covers 
Fig.15, 
the same lengths for the Heer tac tet 
same reasons, but is tapered, 
bearing no dropper loops and eee 
only one end loop, the fav- Swxnaa/g’ "x3" id ast SxS" | Sade /y 
ored lengths being from 6 to Top Front. Bottom. Back... ‘Back. Flap 
' 31/2" 7 
7% feet, as a longer one 
many times interferes in net- 
ting a fish, when the loop at 
its “line end” comes in con- 
tact with the tip of the rod. 
Many bass leaders are tied as 
spoken of above; others are tied of a 
favorite single size to a length of from 
3 to 6 feet, and with two dropper loops. 
Still leaders are tied of one size and 
average around 3 feet. To tie your 
leaders, select hanks or bundles of gut 
in the following: Refina, Fina, Regu- 
lar, and Padron 2nd, for the ordinary 
trout and bass fishing, with Padron 1st 
and Marana 2nd added for the largest 
of these fish, for night fishing, etc. 
| hes test the gut follow the method 
“given by Mr. H. P. Wells. In 
order to decide whether the gut we are 
buying is fresh and clear let us step 
to the window, and grasping the hank 
at each end bend the gut into an arc 
between the hands, then raising and 
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lowering each hand alternately, by 
sighting along the top of the arc, we 
can see whether the light reflects 
steadily from it or sparkles irregularly. 
If the latter is the case it proves that 
the gut is not round, causing the light 
to reflect unevenly from the uneven 
surfaces of the strands. This hank 
should be rejected. 
gs we must examine the crinkly 
end of the hanks and assure our- 
selves that it has a clear glassy ap- 
pearance. If it is yellowish or cloudy, 
we know that the gut is old, and there- 
fore should discard it. If the gut is 
not very hard and wiry do not accept 
it. 
QUT, LEADEHS and LEADER TYING. 
Fig.15. 
Lay Out of Envelope. 
Completed Envelope 
Oiled=-Paper Envelope for Leaders. 


Padrona ist. 
Imperial. 

Padrona 2d- 
Chamoise Case for Strands of Gut. 




4" c 
> 1 
? . 

Chamoise Storage Case for Leaders. 

In regard to the strength of your 
leader, the use of the shorter lengths 
of gut—as far as I have been able to 
determine—does not effect the leader 
in any way except as to the number of 
knots to be tied. I strongly favor the 
use of the longest one can afford for 
trout leaders—especially for dry fly 
work—in order to obviate the “ripples” 
caused by the knots when the leader 
“drags” as it is often bound to do—at 
least for me—in spite of all efforts. 
First decide upon the type of leader 
you wish to tie. Let us suppose that 
it is a wet fly leader of say 7% feet for 
use on a fairly large stream. Take 
your hank of Padron 2nd and examine 
the individual stramds by holding them 
up to a strong light and running them 






Completed 
Case. 
back and forth between the thumb and 
forefinger to discover if they are per- 
fectly round. Then look them over 
carefully to see that they are smooth 
and without cracks or flaws. . Having 
tested and selected a number of 
strands, place each size separately in a 
dish of good clear hot water and let 
them soak for 30 to 45 minutes. If 
cold water is used let them soak over 
night. 
HERE I wish to speak of tinting, or 
dyeing gut. In the natural state, 
gut is opaque. When the gut is dyed 
or stained it is almost impossible for 
even an expert to determine whether 
the gut is fresh or old. 
If you wish to tint your 
gut, now is the time to do so. 
Decide upon the color desired. 
NEUTRAL GREY—One 
dram ground logwood and 6 
grains powdered copperas. 
Boil for 5 minutes. Remove 
from fire and immerse gut 
from 2 to 3 minutes, lifting 
out from time to time to test 
for depth of color. When 
secured, wash thoroughly in 
cold water. (Chitty-Norris- 
Wells.) 
MIST GREY—50-50 solu- 
tion of pure, black India 
drawing ink and water. Heat 
it to a boiling point, remove 
from the fire and dip the gut 
into the solution until the 
right shade is obtained. 
GREEN—Boil green baize 
in water, and when this is 
well charged with color, while 
still warm, dip the gut there- 
in until sufficiently dyed. 
(F. Francis.) 
Here I would like to sug- 
gest that a solution of com- 
mon green dye would work 
out as well for it to the same 
color as is used in the cloth 
itself. 
GREEN—Take a_ strong solution 
of green tea, boil hard, remove from 
stove and dip soaked gut, while warm, 
until depth of color is obtained. 
BRONZE BROWN—Same as above 
but substitute coffee for the tea. 
ANY COLOR—May be obtained by 
the use of ordinary dyes, using as di- 
rected. As far as deterioration of the 
gut by so doing is concerned, I have 
never found it to be a very serious 
matter. I have had several tell me of 
bad results, but when I inquired if the 
gut were fresh, they have been forced 
to admit, “Well, I thought that I’d try 
it on last year’s leaders first.” 
I should like to. say that I am a 
firm believer in the fact that the in- 
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