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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"
finish makes it practically invisible in the water. It is very durable but must be soaked before being used the same as ordinary gut.
Related terms include fishing reels and fly fishing magazine.
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