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River, and for Brook Trout in the mountain streams of Penn- 

 sylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. From this idea was grad- 

 ually evolved, some ten years later, the "Henshall" Black 

 Bass rod, eight and a quarter feet long, and eight ounces in 

 weight. Up to this time there were no jointed rods to be 

 had of less than twelve feet in length, (except the heavy 

 Striped Bass rods), or weighing less than fifteen ounces. 



Lighter rods suggested and demanded lighter and smaller 

 lines and improved reels, so that at the present day we 

 have implements and tackle for Black-Bass fishing as light 

 and comely, as elegant and suitable as those for Brook 

 Trout fishing; and it is in the use of such tools that the 

 full enjoyment of Black-Bass fishing is realized. 



MODERN BASS FISHING. 



Owing to the remarkably wide distribution of the Black 

 Bass species, and the great variety in the character of the 

 waters they inhabit, it would seem that the methods of an- 

 gling for them, and the character of the tackle employed in 

 their capture, would be subject to considerable variation or 

 modification. But this is true to a very limited extent only, 

 and there is no good or valid reason for any great difference 

 in the weight and strength of tools and tackle for Black-Bass 

 fishing in any waters. For instance, the standard "Hen- 

 shall" bait and fly-rods, as described in my "Book of the 

 Black Bass"* and in my later book, "More about the Black 

 Bass," t will be found sufficient and suitable, in the hands of a 

 tolerably expert angler, for Black-Bass fishing in any local- 



*BooK OF THE Black Bass: ComprisinR its Complete Scientific and Life History, together 

 with a Practical Treatise on Angling and Fly-Fishing, vv ith a Full Account of Tools. Imple- 

 ments, and Tackle. By Dr. James A. Henshall. Illustrated, izmo. 464 pp. 1881. Robert 

 Clarke & Co., Cincinnati, O. 



+ M0RE Apout THK Black Bass: Comprising additional matter on the subject of each 

 chapter of the original work, arranged in the same order, containing the latest develop- 

 ment in the Scioniilic and Life History of this best of the American Game Fishes, the latest 

 wrinkles in Angling and Fly-Fishing, and the most recent improvements in Tools, Tackle, 

 and Implements. With a new Portrait and numerous Illustrations. 12 mo. 204 pages, 

 18H9. Robert Clark i: Co., Cincinnati, O. 



