Chap. I. r/^^ APPARATUS. 35 

 Hazle, and fix Inches of Whalebone, all 

 fmooth, round, and taper •, and fo neatly- 

 bound together, with fine Wax Thread be- 

 low, and Silk above, as to make it ply with 

 a true Bent to the Hand. 



But the neatefi: Rod is thus made : Get a 

 white Deal, or Fir-board, thick, ft*ee from 

 Knots and Frets, and feven or eight Poot long : 

 Let a dextrous Joiner divide this with a Saw 

 into feveral Breadths : Then, with his Planes, 

 let him fhoot them round, fmooth, and Rufh- 

 grown, or taper. One ofthcfe will be feven 

 or eight Foot of the Bottom of the Rod, all in 

 one Piece : Fallen to it an Hazle of fix or i^c- 

 ven Foot long, proportioned to the Fir, and 

 alfo Rufli-grown. This Hazle may confift 

 of two or three Pieces ; to the Top of which 

 fix a Piece of Yew, about two Foot long, 

 made round, taper, and Imooth ; and to the 

 Yew a Piece of fmall, round, and fmooth 

 Wlialebone, five or fix Inches long. This will 

 be a curious Rod, if artificially worked : But 

 be fure that the Deal for the Bottom be llrong 

 and round. 



The Rod for Fly, and Running Worm, in 

 a clear Water, mull by no means be top- 

 heavy •, but very well mounted, and exa6lly 

 proportionable, as well as fiender and gentle 

 at top : Otherwife it will neither cafi: well, 

 ftrike readily, nor ply and bend equally, which 

 will very much endanger the Line. Let both 

 the Hazle ar.d Yew Tops be free and clear 



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