The angler's workshopv1- .. . f until the border isfinished, as it helps to hold both bands pull-through is inserted at the beginningof the border winding, and used in the samemanner as illustrated in Fig. 53. This method of manipulating rod windings isthe simplest one of several for making so-calledendless windings. It is capable of numerousvariations, and it is not only easy to learn, butinsures satisfaction. The secret of the method is to keep the pull-through of buttonhole silk well waxed, and todiscard it for a new one whenever it showswear. In all books on rodmaking more com
The angler's workshopv1- .. . f until the border isfinished, as it helps to hold both bands pull-through is inserted at the beginningof the border winding, and used in the samemanner as illustrated in Fig. 53. This method of manipulating rod windings isthe simplest one of several for making so-calledendless windings. It is capable of numerousvariations, and it is not only easy to learn, butinsures satisfaction. The secret of the method is to keep the pull-through of buttonhole silk well waxed, and todiscard it for a new one whenever it showswear. In all books on rodmaking more compli-cated forms of winding are described and illus-strated. The first step is alike in all of these,but their authors describe the finishing stepin other ways. The most common form con-sists in laying the winding silk along the160 WINDING RODS rod, SO that long spirals can be passed overthe end of the rod and drawn taut, then thesilk is pulled under in the same way as de-scribed by me, save that no separate pull- FiG. 51. i=B. FIG. 52. through is employed. If one is winding nearthe middle of a long joint, this method istedious in the extreme, and the silk not onlysnarls up, but becomes frayed. There is a wayto partially overcome this, which consists infirst winding backward in long spirals, passing161 RODMAKING FOR BEGINNERS the end under these, winding tight, then pullingthe silk under; but it, too, is tedious. Many years ago I discarded these methodsfor the separate pull-through, and have usedit in all windings since then. It may be ancient,but I have never seen it described in any workon fishing tackle. It is, however, one of themost useful of all wrinkles, and is particularlyhandy in splicing silk lines. With this pull-through fancy windings of only two or threeturns of silk can be so neatly made that onlyafter minute inspection can the blind ends of thesilk be seen. Indeed, I have had anglers assertthat such windings had been pasted down withshellac, and only after inspect
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