FOSTER'S 



WORLD "CHALLENGE I" 



Any rod maker is invited to a test (to be carried out by properly 

 qualified engineers) of his make of rod against Foster's 



"Challenge" Brand Steel Ribbed Rod, weight for 



weight, length for length, and diameter for diameter, the losing side to 

 jay a stated sum to a public charity to be named by the winner. 



The above challenge has been issued by Foster's, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, 

 for over FIVE years in their advertisements and Catalogues, but it has 

 not yet met with an acceptance. 



Samples of what is said of Foster's Steel Bibbing as a means 



of strengthening rods, being extracts from latest 



reports (unsolicited) from habitual users : 



Grosvenor Hotel, Stockbridge, Hants. 



" I used the trout rod to-day, and find it much improved, as was the case 

 with the other rod which you ' Bibbed ' for me earlier in the year." 



G. WIGKAM (Major- General). 



Fulshaw Hall, Wilmslow. 



" I am delighted with the results of ' Bibbing ' the three trout rods, which 

 were sent you at the beginning of the year. So pleased am I after using them 

 through the season, that I intend sending you nine more rods to be so treated, 



J. M. B. LINGABD MONK. 



Dr. Brunton to whom was handed the rod sent for a report to the Editor 

 of the Fishing Gazettein a second favourable report, after three years' use, 

 says : " I am pleased to say that the more I use Messrs. Foster's Wire Coated 

 Built Cane Bod, the more I am delighted with it." 



HAVE YOU A WEAK-BACKED ROD? 



SEND IT TO US AND WE WILL 

 GIVE IT A NEW LEASE OF LIFE. 



Any make of Rod, old or new, can be " Steel Ribbed," and thus stiffened, 

 strengthened, and given a new lea^e of life, by being converted thereby 

 into a modern Dry Fly Rod at a uniform cost of 5s. 9d. per Rod with one 

 top ; or 7s- 6d. per Rod with two tops ; Rods over 12 fc. long, 3s. 6d. extra. 

 Scores of Testimonials. See our lists (free). Send 3 Stamps to pay parcel 

 postage. 



D. & W. H. FOSTER, ASHBOURNE, DERBYSHIRE, 



