14 ANGLING FOR GAME FISH. 



the water; by the sides of reed-beds; and, in fact, close to, 

 under, or just below anything which affords them shelter from 

 the eyes of man and from the sun. 



The Rod for Dry-fly Fishing need not, so far as I can 

 see, vary materially from the rod used for wet-fly fishing. 

 It should be rather stiff and powerful, and either of split cane 

 or greenheart. Some anglers like long rods for dry-fly fishing ; 

 but the majority of Hampshire fishermen use rods varying from 

 9ft. 6in. to lift, in length. Above all things, let the length 

 of the rod depend on your strength. The actual weight of 

 the rod is not of the first importance; in fact, by adding to 



BUTT. 



MIDDLE JOINT. 



TOP JOINT 



SHORT ffANDLE TO US£ INSTEAD Of BUTT. 



Fig. 3. The Author's Fly-rod. 



the weight of some rods — at the butt — they at once feel 

 lighter, being thereby better balanced. Rods are made in 

 two, three, or foui- pieces. Those in two pieces cast the 

 best, but they are, from their length, a little inconvenient to 

 carry about. 



Happening to require a new fly-rod some time ago, I put 

 a firm of tackle-makers* to no little trouble to work out certain 

 ideas I had on the subject. After two rods had been made 

 which, while being far from failures, did not exactly embody 

 all my views, the rod was built which is engraved in Fig. 3. 

 It is in three joints, each about 4ft. long, making in all a 



* Messrs. Warner «fc Sons, of Bedditch. 



