The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-16
BAIT CASTING LINES.

My Dear Buck:
Many a fish, old scout has been
lost on the first three feet Of the line,
not on account of the weakness of
the entire line, or poor quality, but
solely from the wear and fraying on
the end of the bait casting line due to
the friction on the guides and the pull
of the bait in its start to the fish.
The wear is far greater on the first
few feet of the line than any other
part, and to be sure of your fish, you
must be sure of the strength of that
basic part of your tackle, the line
| that lands EN-. One of the big points
| to remember in the care of the line
/ is to test it every now and then and /
/ break off foot or two when it shows /
! weakness. The swapping of a good |
I line can be avoided by this little pre- I
/ caution
Soft Braid Versus Hard Braid.
The only line TO be considered for /
bait casting is the braided silk, and
Of this kind we have the choice be
/ tween the hard and soft braided OIL
the former it can be said it wears well
and absorbs practically no water, but
as a casting line it takes a back seat
to the soft braided affair. Owing to
| the ease with which the soft braided
line slides from the reel, it makes the
best possible line for casting. and you
can thumb it all day without burning
the thumb into the quick, which is
more than you can say for the hard
braided.
For general bait casting with plugs
and artificials of the wobbler variety
you should have a No line. Some
manufacturers lettering their product
make G size which corresponds to
the No s. Fer the lighter lures Of
the spoon, pork rind and minnow class
let your selection be a No. or II
size.
Don't Use a Rope.
The big mistake Of the beginner, as
: well as lots of sure-fire fishermen. old
man, is to select a line that is too
!. large and heavy 1t is absolutely i'm
possible to do accurate casting with
a big, heavy, clumsy line, and at that
it is entirely unnecessary. With the
ordinary tackle few fishermen can put
more than four or five pounds pull on
the line if the rod is used properly
and if it is not the rod will go be-
fore the line. 1N
y l do not think it is necessary to
- use a line of greater test strength than
II or 10 pounds for ordinary casting,
o unless. of course, your are casting
for muskie, northern pike or pick
erel. For general bass casting a
15-pound test line will more than fill
!, the bill and at the same time keep
your line down to a size that will
=. make your casting far easier than with
:. the heavier and more bulky line which
piles up on your reel so quick that
II it fouls on the reel pillars and makes
: casting about az enjoyable as handling
e a towlne on tug.
i Dry Your Line After Fishing.
:. One of the simplest ways to put q
It good line out of the game is to let il
Il dry on the reel; do this a few times
II Buck, and your line is u. g., no mat
i ter what high quality goods you
started with. In drying on reel only
the top layers of the line really dry;
i the balance molds sand rots 50 as tc
be in fine shape to break when you
hook that big one All of which points
to the fact that you should reel oul
your line after each days fishing, hang
al ing it between two convenient trees
and let it dry out thoroughly be
fore putting it to bed Don't let i
" lie along the ground or dry out in The
Is sun, and with the above care you viii
= add 100 per cent to its life.
Another way to put a good casting
. line on the hummer is to use it TO
~ trolling. No matter how many swiv
pn els you have on your line while troll
Of ing, it will become SO twisted tina
-e. casting with it will become world
er series of back laShes. When yo1
- think it's time to use new line 70
:, casting, shoot the old one into tn
- trolling department, and die happ
a. casting the new one.
Easy to Waterproof Line.
"a To avoid soaking up too much waite
e2 in your casting line, which makes
m heavy, you can waterproof it by satt
81 rating it in a solution of vaseline an
light oil. You can apply the O
n either by rubbing it into the lin
with a well-soakcd cloth or appl
=, il in bulk by heating the o
mot boiling) and soaking the entir
line at once. If you oil the line Will
90 still on tho original spool let it soa
at about 20 to 80 minutes: if YOU hay
NJ The line wrapped loosely on site
ne much shorter time, about ten mil
an utes, will do the trick. In ethe
!, case wipe off all the surplus OF
.cd This will not only waterproof you
bio line, but will make it plant an
IL NnXihln aud tho l,,l,rican nj will rod LIZ