Rods, English and American 



In the tackle, especially the rods, 

 used, there will also be some differ- 

 ences in ideas. It would be hard for 

 an American angler to read carefully 

 the descriptions of English rods con- 

 tained in even the latest catalogues of 

 some of the largest British tacklemakers 

 without imagining that he had gone 

 back several generations.* Some of 

 their "light" rods are of a weight sel- 

 dom if ever seen in this country. In- 

 stead of the very beautifully made 

 German silver suction ferules, with 

 which all American anglers are familiar, 

 they advertise various styles of "lock- 

 fast" joints which would be an eye- 

 sore to any American fisherman. They 

 also have rods with steel centres, and 

 some of them are wound with steel or 

 bronze wire on the outside. A well- 



* Many of the best anglers of England are now 

 using our light American rods. 



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