FLY-RODS AND LANDING-NETS 



MR. BEEVER'S model was excellent, no doubt ; 

 but nowadays fly-rods are made more or less with 

 Hickory, Green-heart, or Split-cane ; and the tops 

 are sometimes Lancewood. They are brought to 

 such perfection, with balance-handles, snake-rings, 

 and lock-joints, that it is hardly worth while to go 

 to the trouble and expense of making a rod at 

 home. The number of joints is a matter of taste : 

 more than three are not necessary. As a rule, 

 however, every fisherman has his own pet rod, and 

 will hear of no other. 



A landing-net should be carried, if there is a 

 chance of a big fish. A very good model, which 

 can be used while wading, has a short handle, a 

 pear-shaped ash ring, water-proof net, and a clip 

 which fixes on to the strap of the basket. This 

 net can be brought into action very easily, and is 

 quite as serviceable as more elaborate patterns. 



