10 RODS. 



found as convenient a length as any, from 

 that to fourteen, and sometimes fifteen in 

 broad rivers. Salmon fishing sometimes 

 requires a rod about eighteen feet, to 

 enable you to reach your intended victim. 



Living in the country, near our sport, we 

 have been in the habit of fishing with a rod 

 formed of two pieces, the bottom of ash, 

 and the top of lancewood ; these have a 

 more equal and regular spring, and throw 

 the fly more lightly, but they are incon- 

 venient for travellers. Should any accident 

 befall your rod whilst you are fishing, if you 

 have not a spare top with you, your only 

 remedy is to splice the rod ; the broken 

 pieces must be cut in a sloping direction, 

 so as to fit each other exactly, then stuck 

 together by a thin coat of shoemaker's 

 wax and tightly wrapped round with waxed 

 silk. Your rods should be ringed to guide 

 the line of the reel j in screwing on the 

 pieces, take care that the rings run regularly 



