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not interfere with the rod's action as do ferrules in a 

 bamboo or wood rod. 



It is sometimes necessary, as on an extended canoe 

 trip, for example, to minimize on weight and space 

 and that is the only excuse for the "combination" 

 rods. In a few cases they are well-made rods cost- 

 ing as much as twenty-five dollars, but at their best 

 they are only makeshifts, as is to be expected. One 

 model and this describes them all as a class consists 

 of six pieces; a reversible handle and two joints, mak- 

 ing a nine and a half foot fly rod with extra tip and the 

 handle and two other joints produce a five foot casting 

 rod. 



Personally, we favor the steel telescope rod with 

 reversible handle for a double-purpose rod. By this 

 we mean the kind that has the guides on the outside 

 and not the one with the line running through the 

 center. Such a rod with agate guides costs from four 

 to six dollars, can be telescoped to three feet, and can 

 be used any length from that to eight feet. 



Suit case, "Sunday," or pocket rods consisting of 

 four or more pieces are designed to meet the demand 

 for a very compact, easy-to-carry rod and answer the 

 purpose very well. They are especially valuable to 

 salesmen, motor-cyclists, and others traveling through 

 territory where there is good fishing, who do not care 

 to depend upon borrowed tackle or on the "rods" furn- 

 ished by the man who rents the boats and sells the 

 minnows. 



