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my mind, perfection. It is a greenheart in three 

 splices, and if a rod is to be judged by its powers 

 of casting, it should be a good one. It is the one 

 with which I won the first prize at the Fishing 

 Tournament at Hendon in July, 1884, for the 

 longest overhead cast, with a cast of forty-five 

 yards one inch." Major Traherne does not men- 

 tion the length of this rod, but I was told by Far- 

 low, when in '86 or '87 I went to order a rod of 

 this pattern, that Major Traherne was then using 

 one of sixteen feet. That length being nearer in 

 accordance with my ideas, I had one of that size 

 made, which I still own. It is an excellent rod 

 and apparently indestructible; but I suppose I 

 shall be adverse to the opinions of most British 

 anglers when I say that I prefer, for fishing from 

 a canoe, a rod of the earlier make of Forrest & 

 Son of Kelso, Scotland. I have used one of 

 these, fifteen feet long, for twenty-five seasons, 

 and killed a great many heavy fish with it. It 

 has been varnished a few times, and some of the 

 whippings about the joints have been renewed; 

 but it is as good "as ever, including the two tips, 

 neither of which has been broken. Forrest rods 

 are used more than any others in this country, 

 but I fear that many sent over in late years are 



