THE 



NORTH COUNTRY ANGLER, 



CHAP. I. 



Of Fishing-rods. How and when to lay in a 

 Stock of Materials at a very little Expence. 



OST Anglers are 

 very curious about 

 their fishing-rods ; 

 some in choosing the 

 materials, others in 

 the manner of mak- 

 ing them. And al- 

 though I observe, 

 that neitherMr. Wal- 

 ton nor Mr. Cotton, 

 in their books of the 

 Complete Angler, 



give any directions, or say any thing about 

 them ; yet others that have written of Ang- 

 ling, give us enough of that article. One, 

 who has written very ingeniously and methodi- 

 cally, recommends the bag-rod, as the unum 



