CHAPTER VII 



ROD-MAKING: 



FERRULES AND THEIR FITTING; 

 ONE-PIECE AND SPLICED RODS 



Rod ferrules, the metal tubular fittings attached 

 to the ends of rod-joints, by means of which the rod 

 is jointed up or assembled for use, are made prefer- 

 ably of German-silver (white-metal) or of gun- 

 metal. Many high-grade English rods are made 

 up with the gun-metal ferrules, reel-seat, etc., and 

 in this dead black finish they are both very suitable 

 and elegant. It would be somewhat difficult to ob- 

 tain these latter from domestic tackle-dealers; pos- 

 sibly they might be supplied to special order through 

 some of the more prominent anglers' supply-houses. 

 Handmade German-silver ferrules are readily ob- 

 tained on special order, the price 7 being from one 

 to two dollars a pair and may include waterproofing 

 and serration. Stock ferrules in this metal are kept 

 by all of the larger tackle-dealers, the variety and 

 grade of some being much better than those of others. 

 With the best of these available, the writer would 



7 The prices that we have noted for all rod-fittings are " before-the-war " 

 quotations, and current prices are so unstable that we have let these stand. 

 From thirty to fifty per-cent advance must be allowed, and more on some 

 things. The agate used for guides formerly was imported principally from 

 Austria. 



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