Fish and Fishing 



will bear any amount of hard, rough usage. 



These rods are made with rubber detachable 



butt and patent adjustable locking reel band, 



with double bell guides and agate tips. Tips of 



various weight may be used with the same butt, 



either for light weakfishing or heavy tuna or 



tarpon. 



The best hand-made hexagonal split bamboo 



rods are certainly powerful, yet springy. They 



are made in the same varieties of weights and 



lengths, from six feet to seven and one-half feet. 



The bamboo is a general favorite and is probably 



more popular than any other kind; it is lighter, 



and if taken care of will wear for many years. 



„ . From the nature of its construction, it 



Bamboo n -n i i i i 



naturally will not stand such hard usage 



as a rod of solid wood. Dampness and excessive 



heat are the greatest enemies of bamboo. It is 



very rare that a fish, if properly played, will break 



it, no matter what size the fish is. 



Of the steel rods now for sale, I can safely say 

 they compare well in every particular with the 

 best of the solid woods or bamboo. They are 

 particularly good for salt water which 

 is so trying on bamboo because both 

 the salt air and water soon play havoc if due care 

 is not used; but with a steel rod our mind is at 

 rest. They are made, like the solid woods, to 

 suit every kind of fishing. 



The salt-water rod, made for tarpon and surf- 

 fishing, is powerfully built, two-piece and butt, 

 six feet nine inches long, weight twenty-six ounces, 

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