126 SALMON FISHING 



a moderately warm place, so that all moisture may 

 be dried off before it is put into its cover i.e. 

 if it is to be put away for some days. If it is 

 intended to be used again the next day, putting 

 it in its cover is unnecessary. The brass joints 

 should be kept particularly clean, and frequently 

 rubbed with a little clean suet or preparation sold 

 for the purpose. In putting the rod together 

 or taking apart, the brass parts only should be 

 gripped. More rods are destroyed by the care- 

 less gripping, and forcible twisting of the cane 

 or wood, than by any amount of hard work. 

 If a joint from neglect gets fast, a match 

 should be lighted, and held under the female 

 ferrule until it is warm, when it will generally 

 come apart. Rods should not be put up, and 

 left in a rack or long wooden case in the 

 open (as these places are generally damp), but 

 should be taken apart after fishing, and attended 

 to as previously described. Now that we have 

 perfectly fitted lockfast joints, there is no excuse 

 for neglecting this. 



Reels after use, if they have not been wet, 

 only require to be rubbed over with a soft cloth or 

 selvyt on which some olive oil has been sprinkled. 

 If they have been wet, they should be taken to 

 pieces, and the working parts, which are mostly 

 composed of fine steel, thoroughly dried and 

 slightly oiled with some fine clean reel oil, which 



