Fish and Fishing 



and weigh eighteen ounces, of split bamboo pre- 

 ferred, but one of lancewood or greenheart will 

 stand hard usage better. The chief qualities re- 

 quired in a rod for sea fishing are toughness, spring, 

 and elasticity. It should be silk wound and 

 have guides and tips of agate or carnelian. 

 For bait casting a light rod about nine feet will be 

 suitable for fishing in shallow bays, near river 

 mouths, or in streams within tide limits. For 

 fly fishing a good black-bass rod will prove effi- 

 cient For still fishing, where fish are small, one 

 may have fine sport with a plain rod, combined 

 with a float and sinker, with two hooks on gut 

 leaders. 



There is just the same variation in reels. Surf 



fishing demands a reel holding 300 yards of 



12 to 18 thread Cuttyhunk line, and must 



be a quadruple multiplier. It will cost from 



$10 to $15. In fly fishing the same tackle that 



is used for black bass will do for striped bass. 



The lines generally used for surf fishing are linen 

 Cuttyhunk, from 9 to 18 thread, in length varying 

 with the character of the fishing. For still fishing 

 in summer, or bait fishing from shore, the line is 



. ^ usually of braided linen, smaller size, in 

 lengths of fifty yards, with three-foot leader 

 of single gut. In trolling for small fish up to ten 

 pounds, about one hundred feet of braided linen, 

 size E or F, or two hundred feet of size E for 

 larger bass may be used. 



For small bass up to three pounds weight, No. 1 

 or 2 sprout hooks on gut snells will be found suit- 



