io POSTER'S LIST OF REFINED AND IMPROVED 



715. Two joint rod, with extra top joint, and with cork or cane 



bound handle, io to u ft, 6is. 6d. 



716. Ditto, three joints, two tops, with East India cane landing net 



handle to hold extra top, and with cork or cane bound 

 handle, 695. 6d. Inlaid cane and cedar butts, 75. 6d. extra. 



GOLD MEDAL STEEL CENTRED 

 FLY RODS. 



Gold Medal awarded at the Great International Fisheries Exhibition, 

 1883, and gold or highest award at every subsequent exhibition where- 

 ever exhibited. 



Steel centred rods were invented by the Author of the " Scientific 

 Angler." They, together with other important improvements in anglers' 

 requisites, emanating from the same source, have been pirated in a very 

 shameless way, even by individuals holding more or less respectable 

 positions in the trade. 



This we mention as a proof of the great success of the invention 

 which we introduced so late as 1882. There is almost as much differ- 

 ence between a stiff steel spring cored fly rod and a heavy all-wood 

 weapon, as there is between a modern Colts' six-shooter and an old 

 horse pistol. Steel as a propelling medium gives, at the least expendi- 

 ture of motive force, the most satisfactory response and results on 

 delivery of the line. Through its agency wrist action largely takes the 

 place of the full arm and elbow motion needful in wielding the more 

 cumbersome and weighty implement. The steel centred rod, as first 

 introduced, was of greenheart. This rod promised so satisfactorily that 

 we have since extended the principle to built cane rods. These are 

 warranted for two years, in common with our other built cane and steeled 

 rods. We append a few extracts from reviews by several important 

 angling writers, that have appeared since our invention has been made 

 public. 



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