16 LAKE AND STREAM GAME FISHING 



a medium-sized hard German silver ring, you have 

 a combination that will stand up well, cause little or 

 no friction on your line and give increased ease in 

 casting, which are the main duties of a well-regulated 

 bunch of guides. Way back in the early days of the 

 short-bait casting rod the guides were all of the old 

 Kalamazoo style, a great big guide about the size of 

 a two-bit piece. Some of them are still floating 

 around. If you ever see one making for you in a 

 sporting goods store, give him both barrels and duck 

 for the timber line, 'cause they sure are no account, 

 and who wants to tote something that nobody else 

 cares a rap about? 



