446 



Index. 



Rod-making, draw filing, 271. 



finishing, 220, 226, 257. 



fitting and fastening fer- 

 rules, 222, 223, 225. 



four - strand split bamboo, 

 266. 



general remarks, 212, 215. 



gluing bamboo, 178, 270, 273. 



proportioning rods, 216, 219. 



rings and keepers, 257, 262. 



rounding joints, 226. 



seasoning, 174, 206, 220. 



six - strand split bamboo, 

 275. 



split-bamboo tips, 265. 



straightening by heat, 218. 



testing material, 179, 220. 



tips, 265. 



tools for, 211, 217, 221. 



use of glue, 178. 



varnishing, 221, 255. 



wrapping with silk, 257, 262, 



291. 

 Rod material, 161, 192, 212. 



Alaska cedar, 192. 



ash and lancewood, 169. 



bamboo, 161. 



beef wood, or bullitwood, 186. 



bethabara, 181. 



bodock, 188. 



bois d'Arc ( osage - orange ), 

 188. 



cedar, 171. 



chow, 195. 



composite rods, 202. 



dagame, 197, 199. 



domestic, 191. 



greenheart, 179. 



hickory, 174. 



hornbeam, 176. 



ironbark, 196. 



iron wood, native, 176. 



jucaro prieto, 198, 200. 



kranji, 195. 



Rod material, lancewood, 169. 



mahoe, 172. 



paddlewood, or rollerwood, 

 187. 



pingow, 195. 



purpleheart, 201. 



pyengadu, 194. 



shadblow, 190. 



snakewood, or letterwood, 

 184. 



split bamboo, 161. 



table of weights of, 197, 205. 



washaba, 183. 



Rod wood, cutting, seasoning, 

 and selection of, 174, 206, 

 220, 256. 



straightening by heat, 218. 



testing, 179, 220. 

 Rods, action of, 153. 



bringing tip to butt as test, 



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cause of breaking, 159. 

 composite rods, 202. 

 desiderata, 157. 

 English, 151. 

 featherweight, 152. 

 fitting line to, 67, 69. 

 for ladies, 435. 

 length of, 150, 154. 

 selection of, 208. 

 throwing apart, 241. 

 Rubbers, wading, 415. 



S. 



Selection and seasoning of rod 



wood, 174, 206, 220, 256. 

 Selection of bamboo, 276. 



fish-hooks, 22. 



flies, 340, 351, 355. 



leaders, 103, 125. 



lines, 66, 74. 



rod, 208. 

 Separating ferrules, 241, 309. 



