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narrow creek, w^hen I gave the butt to two large 

 fish in full bolt for a snarl of tamarack-roots. 

 Many a time have I seen that rod doubled up 

 until the quivering tip lay over the reel. I paid 

 fourteen dollars and fifty cents for it. I would 

 like to pay three times that sum for another like 

 it. If you want a rod that you can rely on, go 

 to Conroy's in Fulton Street and buy one of his 

 single-handed fly-rods. 



If*in Boston, William Eead and Son's, No. 13 

 Faneuil Hall Square, is a good house to deal with. 

 Being less acquainted in Boston than in New York, 

 I cannot speak with such directness as I can con- 

 cerning Conroy's. But having looked over INIr. 

 Eead's stock, I am quite persuaded that you can 

 be as well served Avith rods by him as by any 

 house in the country, Conroy always excepted. 

 If I was buying in Boston, for my rod I should 

 go to Read's. In respect to price, I am inclined 

 to think tliat he sells the same class of rods cheaper 

 than the ISTew York house. I saw some rods at Mr. 

 Eead's the other day for twelve dollars, equal in all 

 respects, so far as I could see, (and I tested them 

 thoroughly,) to the rods for which Conroy charges 

 fifteen dollars. At the same time I examined 

 some split bamboo rods, price twenty-five dollars, 

 for which many dealers in fishing-tackle, in New 

 York, and perhaps some in Boston, would be likely 

 *o demand nearly twice that sum. Of course this 



