EQUIPMENT 91 



lines clean and free from catching on splinters 

 and nails. 



The rod rack E should be four feet high, 

 five feet long, and three feet wide, with notches 

 on the top bar, to prevent rods from being 

 blown over by the wind. Fig. 20 shows a con- 

 venient form for a rack. 



Fig. 20. Rod Rack. 



H is the notched top bar, against which the 

 rods lean, while the bar M prevents them from 

 slipping. L is another cross-piece for rod 

 forms and cases. Nails may be driven in the 

 back bar of H, on which to hang coats and 

 hats. If the rack is nailed down on the shore 

 side of the platform, rods may rest against it 

 securely, with leaders in the water, ready for 

 casting. 



Obviously the most reliable device with 

 which to measure fly and bait casts is a string of 

 floating boards with feet and inches marked on 

 them; but these are costly and unwieldy. Next 

 comes a line with floats attached, with the dis- 

 tances marked on them, or painted different 



