84 SUMMER ANGLING 



As you become proficient, you can extend your 

 possessions, and get several iron planes and more 

 files, etc. 1 



The rod is to be in three pieces, so the larger or 

 longer joint should be of 3 ft. 8 in. (for 3 ft. 6 in.) 

 in length, and three-fourths inch square ; the two 

 other joints will be 3 ft. 6 in. (for 3 ft. 4 in.) each 

 in length, and may be of half-inch and quarter- 

 inch stuff square. Pick out some well-seasoned 

 and straight-grained wood, and you can then go 

 to work as follows : 



Into your work-bench drive a short hard-wood 

 bolt, and bore holes to correspond in the ends of 

 each of your rod pieces. This is to enable you to 

 plane them from you ; and you will find this the 

 best way always. Now commence to plane the 

 pieces taper, keeping them square until they just 

 fit the gauge at the proper places on it ; for ex- 

 ample, the but-end of the large piece must be 

 just small enough to go in the end of the plane, or 

 measure one-half inch, and its other end must go 

 in at the third 1 4-inch section; then the but of 

 the next just fits the third 1 4-inch section and the 



1 You can procure your wood from A. B. Shepley & Sons, 503 Com- 

 merce Street, Philadelphia ; either lancewood or greenheart 



