FISHING TACKLE AND HOW TO MAKE IT. 



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There are some pretty rods made, both in England 

 and this country, with metal centers. The "Foster" rod is 

 steel-centered, and the "Hardy" rod (both English) is not 

 only steel-centered but "built up," as it is termed, 

 of bamboo. Fig. 5 shows the "Foster," with its 

 guides on both sides and its reel at the end; and 

 fig. 6 indicates the process of "building up" 

 practiced by Hardy Bros. 



Another capitally made rod is the built-up rod 

 of Edwards (Hancock, Del. Co., N. Y. ). It is 

 substantially similar to that of Hardy, except that 

 it does not contain the steel core. For my own 

 parti don't want the steel core. This maker says: 

 "I have, for about ten years, made the single 

 enamel, split-bamboo rods. During this time I have 

 used nearly all kinds of ferrules to prevent their 

 breaking off at the ferrules. Finding this was a 

 failure, generally, as the bamboo was strong only on 

 the outside — the inside being at the best very 

 poor — the idea occurred to me to plane away as 

 much of the inside as was poor, and glue 

 another piece of enamel in its place, thereby 

 making the whole rod out of enamel. It takes 

 forty-eight pieces or strips to make a rod with two 

 tips." 



A brief glance at the most desirable trimmings 

 — rings or guides, ferrules, reel-plates, etc., is 

 now in order. They have gone through as many 

 vicissitudes as the rods, and are now so improved 

 as to be practically perfect. There are, how- 

 ever, many old-fashioned arrangements on the 

 market, and I make the following remarks to in- 

 form the reader of the best out of these. Nothinsr 

 is so objectionable as a good rod with bad trim- 

 mings — it is like a beautiful woman in tinsel 

 tig. 5. 



