2 FOSTER'S LIST OF REFINED AND IMPROVED 



stout, and strong, yet slender, steel backbone, we are anxious only to 

 save the unsuspecting from a bold, unprincipled imposition. 



Steel centred rods were introduced by us some six years since. So 

 great was their success over the ordinary build of rod, that the Gold 

 Medal and Diploma of Honour was awarded them at the International 

 Fisheries, London, 1883, and highest awards have been ever since 

 gained by them at other exhibitions wherever exhibited. 



None but they who habitually use a good rod are able to comprehend 

 the immense advantages derived from its use. What the bow is to the 

 successful archer, or the bat to the crack batsman, so is the rod to the 

 expert fisherman. It is the medium of success. Given a good rod, even 

 in the hands of a comparative novice, if the fish are on the feed, the 

 chances are he meets with success, but with an unduly stiff, or a weak 

 backed, "swoppy," unmanageable, ill-made implement, even the pro- 

 ficient is nonplussed, exasperated, and, for the time being, undone. 



In commencing our Catalogue of Rods for the year 1887, which in 

 scope and variety, beginning as it does with well-made keeper's rods, 

 suited equally with our latest and best specialities for hard and constant 

 use, will be found to compare favourably with that of any contemporary 

 manufacturers, whether British or foreign ; this especially in the three 

 cardinal points most studied by us, viz., utility of design, quality of 

 workmanship and material, economy in cost and price. On these 

 points our experience and success, seen in the reception accorded our 

 inventions, both by our patrons and by trade pirates, enables us, without 

 egotism, to say " we hold the field." 



TROUT SPINNING RODS. 



NO. 



66 1. Three-joint Hickory Spinning Rods, brazed and winch s. d. 



fitted, in case, 9 and 10 ft., 45. 6d., 55. 6d., 



6s. 6d., and ... ... ... ... 76 



662. Ditto ditto 10 and 12 ft., two tops, &c , 75. and 8 6 



663. Four-joint ditto ... ... ... 8s and 10 6 



664. Ditto, best quality, with new upright safety, or solid 



rings, a first-rate rod in all points, i is. Qd., 135., and 14 6 



665. Ditto, extra finish ... ... ... ... 16 6 



In ordering please quote List Nos. of articles required. 



