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ANGLING FOR COARSE FISH. 



interior ring of Phosphor Bronze is introduced into the more 

 expensive of these rings, and is decidedly an advantage. 



If I was ordering a bottom rod to be made for me according 

 to the above ideas, it would shortly be described as a mottled 

 East India cane 10ft. (or longer, according to requirements) 

 bottom rod, three joints, two greenheart tops (one being 

 shorter and slightly stouter than the other), extra butt, snake 

 rings, Bickerdyke top ring, Weeger winch-fitting, lockfast 

 joints. Either of the winch-fittings or fastenings for joints 

 I have mentioned would answer almost as well as those given 

 in this description. I must confess to rather a fancy for 

 *' South " cane for light rods. It might be best to have the 

 lighter rod of "South" cane, and the heavier rod of East 

 India cane. 



Heels and Winches. — The apparatus on which the main 

 line, or *' running tackle," is wound, is either a reel or a 

 winch. Of these useful things there are numberless kinds, 

 and the angler can, if it please 

 him, pay thirty shillings for a 

 most elaborate affair. My own 

 choice would fall on either a 

 plain, check brass winch, or a 

 wooden Nottingham reel with 

 a check which can be taken 

 on or off, and fitted with a 

 wire guard — an idea of my 

 own — to prevent the line un- 

 coiling and entangling. Of 

 the two, I much prefer the 

 reel, on account of the rapidity 

 with which the line can be 

 wound on it, thanks to the 

 large circumference of the 

 barrel, and the facility with 



which it can be turned into a fast -running Nottingham 

 winch by merely moving the button at the back. These 

 reels (see Fig. 4) are sold everywhere, and my guard can 

 be put on them by any metal-worker for a few pence. The 



Fig. 4. Nottingham Reel with 

 Movable Check and Improved 



LlNE-GUARD. 



