STREAMCRAFT 



rod may be used with baits of suitable weight 

 for casting directly from the reel, and the 

 lightest baits may be cast like a fly. 



In the strip cast, the left hand manipulates 

 the line in something of the same manner em- 



Pickerel (Esox reticulatus) 



ployed in two-handed fly-casting. It is espe- 

 cially applicable when fishing from a boat. The 

 reel and line are rigged as for fly-fishing reel 

 underneath rod and handle to the right. Some- 



Pike (Esox lucius) 



times a short gut leader is used, or one of fine 

 wire if pickerel or pike may be encountered. 

 The heaviest baits are used only with the short 

 bait-casting rod. 



Have about six feet of line beyond the rod- 

 tip, and then strip an additional twenty feet 

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