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pattern for the " Overhand" would be equally disliked by any of Forrest's 

 customers at Kelso, or Malloch's at Perth. 



In making his purchase the Angler must determine for himself the 

 sort of rod required to meet and suit his own purpose or purposes ; and 

 here one difficulty arises over which no living mortal has control. It is 

 this. There is no occupation of ours in which a man has greater need to 

 have his wits about him than that which has for its object the choice of a 

 rod. Even expert Fishermen are frequently mistaken on these occasions. 

 I have, however, endeavoured to cope with the difficulty by giving those 

 who wish for the modified Castle Connell the information required for its 

 purchase. 



(In use the ferruled greenheart is tied at the joints with purse silk 

 Pearsall's " Typhast." The joints of the spliced greenheart are often 

 glued together and bound with fine hemp. In binding mine, I varnish 

 the hemp, say, two yards at a time, before I proceed ; and give the splice 

 so made a final coat when dry. But Farlow has recently introduced a 

 band for the purpose. Each lap adheres to the wood, and, in finishing 

 off, the upper lap rigidly sticks to the one placed beneath it, and remains 

 so. By the employment of this band the rod can be "put up" in three 

 minutes, and keep firm for the whole season. It is the neatest form 

 of " whipping " as yet introduced.) 



The cane, rod being furnished with lock-fast joints is simply put 

 together when the stoppers are removed. How lock-fasts would behave 

 on greenheart I do not know, but I find them convenient and deserving 

 of much praise on cane. 



With regard to weights, the 4| aluminium winch holding 150 



yards of line weighs 18i ounces. 



Length. Weight. 



Ferruled greenheart - 17 ft. 4 inch. 2 Ibs. 11 ozs. 



Spliced greenheart- - 17 ft. 4 inch. 2 Ibs. 10 ozs. 



and a little less when the new band is used instead of the hemp. 



Built cane - 17 ft. 8 inch. 2 Ibs. 11 ozs. 



As regards length of rod, the build of the Fishermen, the breadth of 

 the river, and the average size of the fish are items to be taken into 

 account ; yet it is very easy to so exaggerate these conditions as to err in 



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