VARIOUS TROLLING ROBS. &J 



tops to my trolling rod, which I always carry with me, iri 

 case of breaking- one, &c. one is made very flexible with 

 wood and a whalebone tip about two feet long, to this for 

 strength and security I have a ring on the wood part as 

 well as the large one at the whalebone tip, this top I 

 always use when trolling with the gorge bait, or when 

 fishing with the live-bait; the other top is made wholly of 

 stout whalebone, about one foot long, this I only use 

 when snap fishing, which it is well calculated for by its 

 superior strength and stiffness > 



Those anglers who may object to have such large rings 

 as I have described fastened on their rods, so as always 

 to stand out instead of laying close to the rod, because 

 they prevent the several joints packing one within another, 

 and in consequence augments the bulk to be carried going 

 to and from trolling, can have such rings, if they prefer 

 them to those which lay close, fixed to metal ferrels, made 

 to fit each joint of the rod, which they may carry in their- 

 pocket, and put them on or off at the commencement and 

 leaving bfiT trolling or Jack fishing, excepting the top joint, 

 which with the rings on will pack in the but or largest 

 joint of the trolling rod, or by using such rings and 

 ferrels a Roach rod may be used for trolling, leaving out 

 the weak top joint. Some, anglers use a few small brass 

 curtain rings sewed to loops of leather, and pass the loop 

 over each joint of a stout walking-cane rod, made with 

 long joints, and without rings, the rings hanging outwards, 



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