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ing approximately a pound, hour after hour, they are 

 welcome to the exertion. Personally, I see no point in 

 making a toil of pleasure, and I most certainly do not 

 appreciate the need for heavy weapons. 



Having hooked and landed a salmon of thirty pounds 

 with light trout tackle, I refuse to load myself with a 

 long and comparatively weighty rod for the purpose of 

 catching a sea-trout of two or three pounds, or even the 

 more unlikely specimen of eight pounds. 



My favourite sea-trout rod has a length of nine and 

 a half feet, with a weight of about seven ounces. This 

 is simply an ordinary built cane trout fly-rod, and this 

 article has never let me down. 



You do not require a rod with which to skull-drag 

 your fish or to lift it bodily out of the water. All you 

 need is a rod with just sufficient power to enable you to 

 guide your fish away from ugly weed-beds and snaggy 

 banks, and to play the fish to a standstill. The landing 

 net will accomplish the heavier duty of removing the 

 fish from the water. 



There are many suitable rods on the market and, in 

 normal times, you should experience no difficulty in 

 making a proper selection. 



With this type of rod I think that you cannot improve 

 on an ordinary aluminium fly-reel. From choice I use 

 one with a fixed check. With the optional check there 

 is always the risk of an overrun if the check is unwittingly 

 left off. The size which I prefer is one of three inches. 

 The agate line guard is an asset to the reel, as, with 

 constant wear, the line will make cuts in the aluminium 

 cross-bar of the reel. 



In selecting a reel try it first on the assembled rod, 

 so as to be sure that the rod and reel form a perfect 

 balance. This is a highly important qualification for ease 

 and perfection in casting. 



