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fection of sizes and colours. 



The brandling, particularly the smaller sorts, may be 

 fished the same as the small fly up the stream at full 

 length, without sinkers. 



ANGLING RODS. 



Heavy angling rods are tiresome and unnecessary ; 

 the winch and line ease and equalize much weight 

 and pressure of a struggling fish. A fly rod that fishes 

 flies on a single hair, with its winch and a small spun 

 hair line, which absorbs the least and is most buoyant 

 on the water, cannot be altogether too light in propor- 

 tion. A two length spliced rod, two-thirds or three- 

 fourths of the bottom part well seasoned, tough white 

 pine, and the remainder lance wood, is the smplest 

 and lightest elastic fishing rod that can be made. It 

 fishes the easiest, the lance wood giving good impetus 

 to the cast, and it is most sensitive to the touch of the 

 fish and the feel of the hand. Three-length rods are 

 more portable, which may be made on the same prin- 

 ciple and with the same materials, with light ferrules 

 bottom, one straight-grained piece of pine ; middle, 

 two or three pieces of pine ; top, first piece about one 

 foot of pine, and the remainder pieces of lance wood 

 lessening to six inches, and a piece of whalebone at 

 the top. These pieces planed square and spliced true, 

 glue the splices tight together, cant and round each 

 length to its proportionate substance, graduating their 



