CHAPTER VIII 



THE ROD FOR BAIT-CASTING 



WITH the exception of a few scattered arti- 

 cles which have appeared in one or two 

 magazines scarcely anything has appeared 

 in print concerning the tools and tackle required for 

 the modern angling method of bait-casting with a short 

 rod, free-running reel, and some form of bait usually 

 artificial. Recently several books have been published, 

 dealing largely or entirely with angling, but in none 

 of them is more than passing notice taken of bait-cast- 

 ing; and the little that their authors have had to say 

 has been rather misleading than otherwise, simply, it 

 would seem, because they were discussing a method 

 with which they happened to be unfamiliar. For this 

 reason I shall try to make the present discussion as ade- 

 quate as possible, especially in view of the fact that an- 

 glers all over the country are enthusiastic about the 

 sport, while new recruits are constantly joining the 

 ranks, proving conclusively that the game has come to 

 stay. 



Bait-casting is usually done for bass, and in the fol- 

 lowing discussion of the casting rod and other bait- 

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