CASTING TACKLE 

 AND METHODS 



CHAPTER I 

 THE BAIT-CASTING ROD 



GENERAL REMARKS 



No single article of the bait-caster's equipment 

 is more earnestly and lengthily discussed than the 

 rod, and perhaps there is nothing regarding which 

 there is greater diversity of opinion. From the very 

 nature of the subject this is bound to be true, there 

 are so many materials employed in rod construction, 

 so many different lengths and weights, not to men- 

 tion the biases and predictions of individual rod- 

 sters. "No two anglers ever agree," is a stock 

 phrase. 



Naturally, the rod that suits "fits," if you pre- 

 fer one man, may not another; by the same token, 

 the rod I find "best" upon one water or for a given 

 variety of fishing, may not do at all under diverse 

 circumstances. Therefore, write this sentence at 

 the top of the first page of the angler's copy-book, 



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