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attention on the part of those who wish to become 

 accomplished anglers. 



In spinning you cast pretty much in the same 

 way as you do in trolling with the gorge-hook. 

 Spinning rods are magnificently manufactured in 

 London, and I like those best that are made of 

 mottled cane. They are strong, light, and of 

 handsome appearance. They are generally about 

 twelve feet in length ; and with a rod of that 

 length, ringed in the modern manner, not with 

 wires, but with strong, hollowed out pieces of 

 brass, and with a hard platted prepared silk line, 

 you can throw your bait to a distance of sixty 

 yards, a distance, however, too far to throw, ex- 

 cept on trying occasions. For my own part I 

 would have a spinning rod made of a single piece 

 of this mottled cane, sixteen or eighteen feet long, 

 well ringed, with a screw winch, requiring no 

 winch fittings ; and though it may be awkward 

 to carry (the only sound objection that can be 

 made to it), the advantages it would offer are very 

 considerable. You can cast well with it, gather 

 quickly up your line immediately your bait enters 

 the water, strike your fish better with it, and 

 play him when hooked in a more satisfactory and 

 artistic manner. With a rod of this description, 

 you can troll for salmon or large trout in the 

 deepest and widest waters. In narrow streams 

 you can spin with a very small portion of line out, 



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