. The book of fish and fishing; . POPULAR SALT-WATER GAME FISH Popular Salt=Water Game Fish and weigh about twenty-five ounces, each rodbeing provided with an extra tip. A number of rehable makers are now supplyingspecial tuna reels, some having excellent ideas thatothers lack. It is a question of taste. A good„ . reel costs from $30 up, these, of course, Reds being perfect machines, adjusted so wellthat a w^hirl will cause the handle to run for sometime, and they are not likely to fall apart during a. Baited double hook. hard fight. It should have a capacity of 300 yardsof Cuttyhunk line, whe
. The book of fish and fishing; . POPULAR SALT-WATER GAME FISH Popular Salt=Water Game Fish and weigh about twenty-five ounces, each rodbeing provided with an extra tip. A number of rehable makers are now supplyingspecial tuna reels, some having excellent ideas thatothers lack. It is a question of taste. A good„ . reel costs from $30 up, these, of course, Reds being perfect machines, adjusted so wellthat a w^hirl will cause the handle to run for sometime, and they are not likely to fall apart during a. Baited double hook. hard fight. It should have a capacity of 300 yardsof Cuttyhunk line, when wet, with a drag to preventoverrunning; and attached to the lower crossbarthere should be a leather pad lined with moosehide. The brake should never be used unless theline is wet, as the friction will burn the line. Thereel should be perfectly fast to the rod. No de-vice where it slips into a socket will do; a loose reeland the game is over; so have it lashed to the rodperfectly immovable. Concerning the necessarylines, choose one overstrong, because con-fidence in the capture of the fish is greatlyto be desired. All anglers know that doubtfulfeeling, when a fish is going at a ripping speed,and then all of a sudden makes a bound into theair. The confidence in the lines strength31 Fish and Fishing makes the playing more free, and the mind is atrest. For that reason choose No. 21 or 24 Cutty-hunk, tested to pull forty-two pounds to forty-eightpounds dead-weight. By such a line the tuna hasbeen
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