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the size of the fish or the water demands a larger rod, then I 

 should advise a double-handed rod at once, and this should not 

 exceed about 13 feet, nor weigh more than from 16 to 18 oz. 



' PENNELL ' 13 FT. GREENHEART DOUBLE-HANDED TROUT-ROD. 



(Farlow.) 



Mine, fitted with Bridge rings, weighs 17 J oz., without rubber 

 knob, and the combination and correction of stiffness and 

 swishiness seem to be about perfection. It was made to my 

 order by Messrs. Farlow, who still manufacture it. 

 The following are the measurements : 



Length when put together 13 feet 



in. i6ths 

 Circumference of butt above winch fittings . . . .3 



,, at middle of joint . . . . .18 



,, ,, below ferrule . . . . . .17 



,, large joint above lower ferrule . . .15 



below upper ferrule . . . - 15 and ^.,- 



top joint, above ferrule - 14 



3 in. below top ring . . . - - 5 



For single-handed trout rods 10 ft. to 10 ft. 6 in. there 

 is nothing that at the present moment can, in my opinion, 

 beat the ' steel-ribbed ' rods manufactured by Messrs. Foster 

 Brothers, of Ashbourne, Derbyshire : and of these I personally 

 prefer the two -jointed rods with whole-cane butts. The whole- 

 cane butt gives both lightness and stiffness, and the greenheart 

 top adds a comfortable proportion of swishiness. Both the 

 butt and top are steel -ribbed ; which, whilst adding hardly 

 anything appreciable to the weight (about a quarter of an 

 ounce) my rod, complete with rubber knob, weighs barely 

 9 oz. certainly gives increased strength, and I think, after 

 using a rod thus treated, that an increase in ' straight-casting ' 



