120 CASTING TACKLE AND METHODS 



The steel rod is usually stored in a partitioned cloth 

 bag, for it will not warp through exposure to the 

 weather and is not easily broken; however, even for 

 the steel, the handled leather case is a great conve- 

 nience and protection. That De Luxe steel rod, 

 mentioned when we were discussing steel casters, is 

 provided with a beautiful pardoned glove leather 

 case closed with glove fasteners; as the rod is the 

 last word in steel construction, so the case is the last 

 word in rod receptacles. 



Just one concluding word of admonition: if you 

 are shipping a rod, be sure and fasten it to a firm 

 support, even though the wood form seems strong. 

 Recently I received a one-piece split bamboo by 

 Parcel Post and when it reached me the form was 

 broken in the middle, though the rod was still intact 

 but possessed of an irreparable kink. (Of course, 

 when tramping to a stream you will not carry your 

 rod in a fiber case, the velvet form being sufficient 

 and much less cumbersome, but if you value the rod 

 you will handle it with circumspection.) 



If an angler has considerable money to spend and 

 delights in luxury, he will invest in a rod-trunk such 

 as the salmon fishermen of plethoric bank accounts 

 effect. However, I do not want the reader to think 

 that I regard these trunks as altogether luxuries. 

 The user of a one-piece rod such as was described 

 in the opening chapter of this volume, must needs 

 have his caster protected; the reader will remember 



