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deem the handmade article a luxury except for the 

 very practical advantage of being able to obtain 

 them in any diameter desired, exactly gauged to one- 

 thousandth of an inch. The reader interested in 

 exceptionally high-class rod-accessories, will do well 

 to consult John G. Landman, 59 Cedar Street, 

 Brooklyn, New York. Edward vom Hofe and Co. 

 also manufacture certain fittings on their own prem- 

 ises, at 112 Fulton Street, New York; and we have 

 found Ogilvie's, at 79 Chambers Street, New York, 

 very satisfactory for some things. Ferrules carried 

 in stock may be bought at prices ranging from fifteen 

 to seventy-five cents per pair, according to size and 

 style. 



The British taste in ferrules tends strongly to 

 those furnished with some sort of locking device 

 " lockfast " joints. These are made abroad in 

 great variety, but to American eyes they seem cum- 

 bersome, unsightly, and altogether unnecessary. 

 The plain American, friction (suction or vacuum) 

 ferrule, depending for its holding power wholly upon 

 mechanically exact fitting, looks pretty good to the 

 American angler, who never has had legitimate cause 

 to worry about any tendency in it to throw apart. 



Ferrules come in pairs consisting of the male 

 (center or inner) ferrule and the female (outer or 

 receiving) half, the outside diameter of a male fer- 

 rule being identical with the inside measurement of 

 its mating section. Either the male or female fer- 



