With What to Get Them 



as in America, salmon rods are nearly all of 

 greenheart. Most salmon fishermen consider the 

 bamboo rods light and delightful implements to 

 handle, but many have found them subject to 

 a kind of dry-rot near the joints, which develops 

 generally after one or two seasons' use, when they 

 will sometimes break at an ordinary cast, without 

 the least previous sign of weakness. 



The proper bait-casting rod for bass, trout, 

 pike, pickerel, wall-eye, or any fish of a like 

 weight, in fresh water, should be strong, yet light 

 weight; that is, six to eight ounces, and 

 in length eight feet, more or less, accord- 

 ing to taste. It should have a stiffish back, but 

 pliable to respond to the varying moods of the 

 fish. Most of the bend and play should be in the 

 upper two-thirds of the rod, making a true arch. 

 The most serviceable material is an ash butt and 

 lance- wood second piece, and tip of the same. 



The perfect rod for fly-fishing (dry or wet) for 

 trout, is also suited to bass, ouananiche, grayling, 

 perch and other smaller fresh- water fish. It 

 should be rather stiff and powerful, made either 

 of split bamboo or greenheart. The majority of 

 anglers use a rod varying in length from nine to 

 eleven feet. Above all things, let the length of the 

 rod depend upon your own strength. The actual 

 weight of the rod is not of the first importance; in 

 fact, by adding weight to the butt they 

 at once feel lighter, being thereby bet- 

 ter balanced. I have often met anglers using a 

 rod in fly-casting weighing but four or five ounces. 

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