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using your whole weight, quickly force it home to the 

 welt. 



Great care should be taken to have the hole posi- 

 tively accommodate the ferrule, though snugly, mak- 

 ing use of a round (rat-tail) file to enlarge the bor- 

 ing if necessary to this end. The ferrule expands a 

 bit on heating, and if the hole be too small the fer- 

 rule will stick before reaching the whole distance 

 down into the grasp. Meanwhile the cement has 

 cooled and thickened, and the only way that you 

 now can remove the ferrule without injury is to split 

 off the wood, making it necessary to begin all over 

 again. Be encouraged however in your persever- 

 ance to have the grasp right, by the knowledge that 

 when once completed one of these independent han- 

 dles can be used for several different rods for the 

 use of one angler a nice insurance furthermore 

 against the borrowing of your pet rods. 



Finally, round up the whole with the convex sur- 

 face of a wood-rasp or coarse file, followed by num- 

 ber 2 and then number i sandpaper; mount the 

 reel-bands and fit the butt-cap. The sliding reel- 

 band should have a milled raised edge to grip with 

 the fingers. The German-silver butt-cap and reel- 

 bands selected by the author are % inch in diameter, 

 and were obtained from the T. H. Chubb Rod Co., 

 of Post Mills, Vermont, at a total cost of forty-six 

 cents. Before cementing on the cap D, (Fig. 4), 

 and in order to seat the reel securely, file a flat sur- 



