76 The Angler's Secret 



For salt-water fishing weakfish, small 

 striped bass, kingfish, etc. do not use 

 that heavy sea-fishing rod that is regularly 

 offered by the unpractical shopkeeper 

 and always adopted by the indifferent 

 fisherman. Select the gentleman's choice, 

 the eight-ounce bait rod, and when you 

 have used this a little while discard it in 

 favor of the little six-ounce fly article 

 which is none too light with the master 

 angler. The eight-ounce bait rod may 

 also be used in maskinonge, large black 

 bass, and pike fishing in the fresh rivers 

 and lakes. For grayling use the six- 

 ounce fly rod, and for salmon a salmon 

 fly rod exclusively. 



For heavy sea fishing cod, bluefish, 

 large fluke, etc. the heaviest and coarsest 

 article will suffice. For tarpon fishing 

 and surf fishing for large striped bass, 

 drumfish, etc. , use the stiff tarpon rod now 

 made specially for these particular species. 



For pond fishing sunfish, rock bass, 

 perch, etc. and for young bluefish (snap- 



