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Rod and Tackle. 



CHAP. xx. 



break of the tongue of the ferrule, and sometimes the whole joint 

 came out. 



Rod Top Rings. The rapid rushes of many a Mahseer will 

 end in cutting a groove in the ordinary eye of twisted brass wire at 

 the point of the rod, and the line afterwards hitches in the groove. 

 My remedy was to remove the eye, and whip on a fresh one, having 

 several ready. It was easily done, and the eye easily made. But 

 the eye or top ring with a phosphor bronze revolving centre is much 

 better, the revolving centre preventing the cut of the line 

 coming always in one place, for it is easily turned with the 

 finger, and the phosphor bronze being a much harder material 

 than brass. The electro is actual size, you can get them 

 many sizes bigger, but I prefer the smallest that is strong 

 enough for hard work. 



The same, tops are made with a steel revolving centre. 

 But steel is a metal that is subject to rust, and from, constant 

 contact with a wet line, the inducements to rust are constant 

 and obvious. And ever so little rust means a rough surface 

 which must fray your line. 

 Rod Rings. I never could see the sense of varying the size of 

 the rings on the rod. If those on the top joint are large enough to 

 let the line pass, they will be large enough to do the same on the 

 bottom joint, and what more is wanted? And standing rings when 



SNAKE RINGS. 



thus reduced to a uniform small size, are not in the way, and 

 are easier to thread than the old-fashioned flap rings with keepers. 



