FISHING ROD HISTORY 17 



Fig. I. 



Fig. 2. 



The enamel surface being slightly convex, it 

 was difficult to work and glue these strips to 

 form nice joints, and this method, which seems 

 to be ideal in other respects, gave way to one 

 in which the enamel was placed on the outside, 

 and the section made almost octagonal in form 

 by means of planing off the corners, as shown 

 by the dotted lines in Fig. 2. This method is 

 still followed to a certain extent by amateurs 

 in making tips, and for the beginner at split 

 bamboo rodmaking, it has many points of ex- 

 cellence. The principal ones are that it is 

 easier to make a joint of four than six pieces, 

 and if these are carefully fitted, glued and var- 

 nished, a fairly good rod is the result. 



It is possible the manufacture of these four- 

 strip rods of solid wood or cane, and the diffi- 

 culty in keeping water out of them with the in- 



