SPLIT CANE RODS. 



and render it unnecessary for anglers to cumber 

 themselves with more than one rod when away on 

 a raid among the pike. Rods so constructed for 

 me twenty years ago are as 

 perfect now as when they 

 were made. 



I may mention that 

 Messrs. S. Allcock and Co., 

 of Redditch, whom I have 

 furnished with the correct 

 pattern of my rods, manu- 

 facture them for the retail 

 tackle-shops, at most of 

 which they can be obtained ; 

 they are known as "The 

 Jardine Pike Rods." 



Since the 1883 Inter- 

 national Fisheries Exhibi- H 

 tion great advances have 

 been made in the manu- 

 facture of fishing-rods in 

 England, especially rods 

 built up from split canes, first 

 introduced from America, 

 and much improved upon 

 by Hardy Brothers, Alnwick. 

 Messrs. C. Farlow and Co., 

 191 Strand, manufacture a 

 very perfect pike rod of built "JARDINE" PIKE ROD. 

 cane, which has a solid 



cork grip with the cane continued through it 

 to the butt end, and this imparts great casting 

 power. The rods are made with and without steel 

 centres, the steel giving remarkable strength 

 with flexibility ; they are fitted with lock-fast 



