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action of this type of rod is none too good and few 

 high-grade rods are now being made in this way. 



The two-piece rod with short butt and long tip is a 

 good style. This type, we believe, solves satisfactorily 

 the problem of good, unobstructed action combined 

 with portability. The tip is usually about thirty-five 

 inches long not at all hard to carry and the ferrule 

 is located far enough down to be in the heavy part 

 of the rod, where there is not a great deal of action 

 anyway, and much below the vulnerable middle where 

 the strain comes. These rods possess plenty of cast- 

 ing force and speed and we confess a partiality for 

 them. Note that most good salt water rods are of 

 this type. 



If you "tote" a large suit case with you on your 

 fishing trips the three-piece rod is easier to carry 

 otherwise its shorter joints are not worth the extra 

 ferrule because a thirty-six inch case is just as easy to 

 carry as one two feet in length. Some of the very high- 

 est priced rods are made in the three-piece style and 

 there is no denying that they are strictly first-class in 

 every respect. As a word of warning, however, the 

 short butt, long tip construction is miles ahead of tho 

 three-piece in the low and medium priced grades. Of 

 course, the steel rod, not being made generally in the 

 two-piece style, is not included in the above comparison 

 because the steel rod's ferrules are a part of the rod 

 itself and while thickened at the joints a trifle, they da 



