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1. The rod can be fixed so that the butt end comes to the edge 

 of the water, thus bringing the full length of the rod into use. 



2. The rod holder can be adjusted so as to fish when the water 

 is bank high or some feet below. 



3. The rod holder can be stuck into the sheer face of a high 

 bank (fig. 2), and the point of the rod depressed as near the water 

 as desired. 



FIG. 3. FIG. i. 



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AN ADJUSTABLE ROD-REST. 



4. The rod is so held that instantly a bite is seen one can 

 strike as freely as though it had been held in the hand all the 

 time. 



5. The rod holder can be adjusted to any angle without taking 

 it out of the ground. 



6. In boat fishing, the same advantages attend the use of the 

 rod holder as when fishing from the bank. All anglers know how 

 awkward it is to have the rod lying across the boat. 



