CHAPTER IX 



THREE-PIECE RODS 



r | ^HE most common type known is the 

 three-piece rod, the separate parts of 

 which are of equal length. The angler 

 who must go far afield for his fishing demands 

 a Tod that is compact, just as he wants a take- 

 down gun in the autumn. The difficulty expe- 

 rienced in traveling in trains and street cars, 

 as well as in walking through crowded streets, 

 argues against unwieldy 'parcels, and the fly or 

 bait rod must be made in lengths convenient 

 to carry. The rodmaker might argue until 

 doomsday in favor of long-joint rods, claim- 

 ing better action, greater strength, etc., but he 

 could never persuade his patrons that these 

 qualities outweigh the greater handiness of 

 short joints. 



This being true, the rodmakers place the 

 joints where they will affect the action of the 

 rods the least; namely, in two places,making 

 even an n-foot fly-rod conveniently portable 

 when taken, down. They carry this practice to 

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