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reel box which costs about a dollar. Thus stored a reel is always in good order and less likely to be broken when traveling. THE LINE Evolution Early fly fishermen used lines of twisted and braided horse hair and Dame Berners gives explicit directions for selecting, coloring and making a line of this material. Later silk was mixed with hair to reduce its roughness. Finally, when manufacturers learned to braid silk by machinery, hair was eliminated entirely as a line material. I have one of these old braided hair lines, and although of too large diameter to render through the guides of a modern rod, I tried it once and satisfied myself that one can cast with it — I prefer the modern lines. |
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