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the rod can be packed; but the whole outfit is 

 adapted to day-long trips into the country by 

 motorcycle or afoot. As intimated above, you 

 can pay almost any amount for a rod; and so of 

 all the other articles. I would urge you to pur- 

 chase the best possible folding camera; and settle 

 upon some dependable landing net. Do not ex- 

 periment unless you have time and money to 

 burn; better far take the advice of some "been 

 there" brother of the angle. 



Now we come to the last of our three outfits 

 that of the ruck-sack. I am going to select a 

 regulation rod this time, not because the two 

 former rods are not satisfactory but because the 

 three- joint rod naturally gives better action, and 

 for the sake of variety. I am a lover of the split- 

 bamboo rod, that illustrated being one of my 

 favorites, light and resilient to a fault, yet with 

 plenty of backbone ; however, the steel rod shown 

 with it is certainly fine for the sort of fishing 

 the pack fisherman would be apt to strike the 

 unknown. This is that Bristol telescopic which 

 locks at any given length, and is therefore ideal 

 for the fellow who does not know just what sort 

 of fishing he is going up against the man who 

 takes his home upon his back and fares forth. 

 Naturally, it is somewhat heavier than the wood 



