The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-02
FLY TACKLE FOR BEGINNER.

My Dear Buck:
You want to get into the fy-casting
game, but you feel that the price OF
an outfit is high. That all depends,
old man, on how you go about it. You
have heard so much about rods at S2o
to $50 and so on, that it makes you
| feel sick when you think OF practicing
ON such high priced tackle. You ex-
pect to give the tackle some hard
knocks before you get the hang OF the
sport and you see your bankroll with
healthy case of shrinkage during the
operation.
For a starter there is no need OF
going deeper into the mint for an out
fit than say SIS to SIS and if you do
feel like playing her little higher,
$25 makes a, limit, and at that you can
get a good seryiceable outfit that will
take you through the season and give
you working practice that will make
you "stay-for.sure' fy-caster.
seIec, Rod With Care.
Of course every fellow wants as fine
the game and has the rough edges
worn off. A rod for instance should
have the same consideration that one
gives to the selection of shotgun
or rife. 1t takes the same place in the
fishing kit that the gun does in the
hunting layout. A fellow pays good
price for a gun, he selects the hes.
hn nd &c yy,io I{y ~ oillor
: about the drop-the bore and all de
tails, because he depends on his gun
to stand him well at the right mo-
ment Therefore as the rod holds the
same value to the fisherman, the care
in selection and the money put into
the rod covers big vital point in the
outfit
However, for starter we can select
we'll made and serviceabie line of
tackle at q very moderate cost. Here
is an outfit from which selection
can be made at either end, as to
, price, and it will cover tackle good
, enough for any beginner. You can
! buy the, SIS rod or the3$l0 one or go
anywhere between, and you viii get
good value as far as service goes.
Outfit for the Beginner.
Fly rod of split bamboo or steel, IS
to $40.
Reel, single action, click, 81 to SIS.
Enameled waterproof silk line, 81 So
Half dozen foot gut leaders, 1925.
Two dozen artificial flies, about
eight patterns, So.
" Fly book, s1.50
Wicker creel or basket, 50.
Landing net Golding), s125.
Leader box, Csc.
In selecting your rod, make it a to
! 91a foot in length, 5 ounce weight,
@ three piece with extra tip, snake guides,
n German silver ferrules and solid metal
reel seat. The rod when together
II should turn around in the hand with
f exactly the same droop all around. 1t
f should show an even curve without
looping over to one side and have
plenty of action when you whip or
l. bend It.
The line should be enameled water
proof silk. level braided size E. Here
you can go little deeper il you wish
uiid Set a dOdbiC topCl GU iAhC. WAiNh
being lighter at the ends makes less
friction in going through the guides
and enables you to shoot out the line
for greater distance in your casts
1 however level braided line will an
swer the purpose.
; The reel Is not as important in fly
casting as in bait-casting. as it /:
merely used to store surplus line. The
Efeatherweight. 60-yard size, weighing
3 ounces, makes good all round reel
while the automatics are coming intt
use to . greater extent each season.
rs Flies You Swear BY.
Is Whip q stream for few hours tryin:
every fly in your kit without a rise
when the fish are 'off," and then picl
a fly at the windup when they harper
to he ION. and get a well-filled cree
and ysu Will play that fly clean across
the board, until the same thing hap
pens over again with another fly. On
well-known fisherman who carries il
his kit an assortment of about a dozel
flies, admits that in the past five year
he has seldom used other than tire
flies and he is some fisherman at thai
not the porch variety.
For the eight patterns to go wit
the above outfit let it go at Coachmar
Professor, Queen of Waters, Co,
!, Dung, Brown Hackle, Silver Doctor
~ McGinty and Emerson Hough Bucl
tail. This last named fly is new on
to most trout fisherman, but it sure
killer. It isn't very fancy lookin
to cuss, just an ordinary sort of fl
that don't shine up alongside of tn
A.. dainty looking feathery affairs, but
those who have used it, 1t holds til
first place in their fly book, becaus
1t is certainly some creel filler.
With the above tackle, Buck, yo
: can have many pleasant days on tn
trout streams, and feel that you al
nd learning a game that has added a
act fractions every time vOI NAV II