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narrow creek, when I gave the butt to two large 

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

 i\rany a time have I seen that rod doubled up 

 until the quivering tip lay over the reel. I paid 

 Iburteen 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-rodg. 



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



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



J3eing less acquainted in Boston than in New York, 



cannot speak with such directness as I can con- 



jrning Conroy's. But having looked over Mr. 



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



as weU served with rods by him as by any 



iouse in the country, Conroy always excepted. 



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



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



think that he sells the same class of rods cheaper 



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



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



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



bhoroughly,) to the rods for which Conroy charges 



fteen dollars. At the same time I examined 



>me split bamboo rods, price twenty-five dollars, 



)r which many dealers in fishing-tackle, in New 



["ork, and perhaps some in Boston, would be likely 



to demand nearly twice that sum. Of course this 



