110 THE DRIFFJELD ANGLER. 



CHAPTER IX. 



AND 



OBSERVATIONS. 



OF THE ROD. 



JL HE double-handed rod, for Trout fishing, 

 should never be less than sixteen feet long, 

 and for Salmon at least eighteen feet, and 

 proportionably stronger ; it should be made 

 with three joints besides the top joint, of 

 which you should have several of different 

 strength for the fly, the minnow, and bottom- 

 fishing; but these rods are so common, and 

 to be had at all the tackle-shops, that I shall 

 give no further description of them : there 



