CHAPTER VIII 



ROD CASES AND FORMS 



ON the use to which you will put your rod 

 depends the kind of protective covering 

 you will need. There are anglers who 

 will have nothing but a thin muslin cover, but 

 something better is needed for rods that are to 

 be carried far. 



The makers of the best fly-rods supply alum- 

 inum or bamboo tubes with screw caps for the 

 tips, this tube and the middle and butt joint go- 

 ing into a canvas case, so that the stiff tube 

 protects the two other parts when all are bound 

 with the tie-tapes of the cover. The wood 

 form is the most common type, and these are 

 cheap. Aluminum tubes with screw caps are 

 suitable for either fly or bait rods. Aluminum 

 tubing of almost any desired size is obtain- 

 able from the supply companies, at 20 to 

 50 cents per foot, and fiber tubing of similar 

 sizes can be had from some hardwareman at 

 about the same prices. Both fiber and alum- 

 inum tubes are made in sizes up to about two 



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