CONCERNING PIKE RODS 35 



I have three rods here all built after the pattern as 

 illustrated j they vary much in price j balance and spring 

 are alike or nearly so in all three ; finish and material 

 making the difference in charges. 



No. i has a cork handle grip, is eleven feet long, with the 

 long top, and ten and a half feet with the shorter one ; it 

 weighs twenty-one ounces, including rubber button and 

 one top, and the cost is twenty-five shillings. 



No. 2 is of similar build, about the same length and 

 weight ; this has a hard wood polished handle grip instead 

 of cork, and the price is fifteen shillings. 



No. 3 is similar to No. 2, but plainer in finish, and has 

 tough lancewood tops instead of greenheart j this rod is a 

 few inches shorter than the others, weighs about the same, 

 and costs seven shillings. 



I have touched upon this question of pike rods in rather 

 a lengthy manner ; I do not think the time has been 

 wasted, as I was anxious to give the would-be pike 

 fisherman a few hints ; I know many will welcome the 

 information, judging from the number of letters I am 

 constantly receiving from anxious novices. The novice 

 will know now what to do when he orders his rod, and I 

 might add that there is nearly a lifetime's experience in 

 rods, rod-building, and rod-using, compressed into the fore- 

 going few pages. 



