72 SUPPLEMENT TO THE BOOK OF THE BLACK BASS. 



Length of grip (from extreme butt to reel-seat), 7 



inches. 

 Greatest bulge of grip (4J inches from extreme butt), 



1 inch in diameter. 

 Length of reel-seat, 4 inches. 

 Diameter of reel-seat, J of an inch. 

 Diameter of small end of butt-piece (female ferrule, 



inside diameter), f of an inch. 

 Diameter of small end of second piece (female ferrule, 



inside diameter), i of an inch. 

 Diameter of extreme tip, ^ of an inch. 



The above are the specifications of the original " Com- 

 ing Black Bass Rod," referred to on page 214,* and 

 which were inadvertently omitted in that connection. 

 These measurements are strictly adhered to in every par- 

 ticular by Mr. Thos. H. Chubb, of Post Mills, Vermont, 

 and Mr. Chas. F. Orvis, of Manchester, Vermont, in their 

 ash and lancewood Henshall rods. 



Some rod manufacturers depart from these specifications 

 by making the grip of the butt several inches longer, but 

 this only adds to the weight and length of the rod without 

 being of any real benefit ; on the contrary, it is a positive 

 disadvantage to single-handed rods to have a grip, or hand- 

 piece, extending from nine to twelve inches below the reel- 

 seat. 



The specifications and measurements* as given above are 

 also correct for a split-bamboo rod where reel-bands are 

 used instead of a solid metal reel-seat, and a rod thus con- 

 structed will weigh but eight ounces ; but if a metal reel- 



* Book of the Black Bass, 1881. 



