Anglers were of the opinion once that gut should be kept immersed in alcohol but nowadays it is stored by wrapping it in chamois or dark heavy paper and keeping it away from the light.
Substitute Gut
Silk worm gut has a number of faults and a real substitute is much desired. One substitute is made of Japanese fiber or twisted silk treated with oil or shellac which in use soon becomes flimsy and worthless. Another is said to be a sort of " conglomerate gut" produced by drawing the gut from a great many worms at the same time. Its chief merit is that it is made without knots, except loops at the ends, and its " flat"
