We sing the song of the Split-Bamboo. 



The author's previous book, Streamer aft, deals 

 mainly with actual streamside technic the selec- 

 tion, care, rigging, and use of the rod; with the choos- 

 ing of lures, natural and artificial, and their manipu- 

 lation; and with fly-tying. Its contents, presented 

 in a pocket form, well adapt it for a ready-reference 

 companion on fishing expeditions and even when 

 actually engaged on the water in the quest of the 

 finny game. It comprises much data correlated from 

 many sources, though always authoritative. But no- 

 where else, to his knowledge, may guidance be found 

 for the construction of the Split-Bamboo Rod equally 

 comprehensive and detailed as in the pages that 

 follow. This has been preceded by a dissertation 

 on " The Joys of Angling," and there has been ap- 

 pended some information on " Cultivating Silkworm- 

 Gut at Home," and some suggestions on " Landing- 

 Nets and Other Equipment," and for " The Angler's 

 Camp." The former treatise is largely a working 

 manual for the open season and the stream; this is 

 more a book for Winter evenings and the fireside, 

 and for the workshop. 



