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1847 book: 'They are to be made from the 

 . . . bamboo cane called " jungle," and 

 brought from India. . . . Each piece should 

 consist of three rent pieces. . . . The butt 

 of a salmon rod [as distinct from trout rod] 

 should be made from plank ash. . . . Give 

 me the workman who glues the splices with the 

 bark outside.' 



" Now, as to the four- and six-strip rods, I 

 can only say that I never heard anybody in 

 England mention, nor read about six-strip rods 

 in the early days. Of four I think I have, but 

 will not be sure. The above extract proves 

 that middle sections, and probably the butts of 

 trout rods, too, were made of split and glued 

 bamboo, not the tops alone, as Mr. Cogges- 

 hall claims." 



