

BIG SILVER MARLIN AFTER DOLPHIN 



/6. ^msaay 0/ jmm^ jenms 



MANY of the terms used in salt-water angling are not only 

 puzzling but misleading. As salt-water editor of Field 

 eb- Stream I have had many inquiries about these colloquialisms 

 of the sport and have had some experience in interpreting them 

 for the layman. I am Hsting those in most common usage in the 

 hope that they may be of interest at least to the novice. 



Ferrule. The ferrule is the lower end of the rod tip which 

 fits into the ferrule in the butt. To distinguish them, the ferrule 

 on the tip is called the male and the one in the butt the female. 



Rod tip. The rod itself, which fits into the butt, is called the 

 rod tip. In determining the official weight of a rod only the tip is 

 counted. The line runs over from the reel through the guides, and 

 this is the part of the stick that actually fights the fish. 



Low guide. A low guide carries the line very close to the 

 rod tip. The majority of expensive salt-water rods of today are 

 not equipped with them. 



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