v> / / 



THE 



TACKLE FOR ANGLING. 



BODS. 



The rod should, when put together, taper gradually 

 from the butt end to the top, and be perfectly straight 

 and even. 



For general purposes, a rod of about twelve feet in 

 length is the most convenient ; but in wide rivers, fifteen 

 and eighteen feet rods are sometimes required. A bamboo 

 rod with several tops of different degrees of strength, is 

 exceedingly well adapted for general purposes, and a cane 

 rod surpasses every other for fine fishing. 



A whalebone top is an extremely good, although not 

 an indispensable article ; it should have a strong loop to 

 horse-hair whipt on it. 



It is a good plan to have a rod for each kind of fishing, 

 as by such an arrangement they can be kept in complete 

 order, and ready for immediate service. The rods should 

 be ringed to guide the line from the reel. 



LINES. 



The best and most serviceable lines are those made of 

 horse-hair, for such as are composed of hair and silk 

 from retaining the water, soon become rotten. Good 

 lines should be perfectly twisted, round, and even, and 

 in point of colour a light grey, or brown, or white, are 

 perhaps the most useful. 



The bottom, or casting line for fly fishing, which is 

 affixed to the line on the reel, must be of gut at the top, 

 and very fine at the dropper, or bottom, and before any 

 flies are made upon it, it should be picked and tried to 

 see that it is of an uniform thickness throughout. 



