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corrected by turning it half-way round and 

 using the other guides, etc. There are objec- 

 tions to this, due to the possibility of the line 

 catching on the lower guides, and among an- 

 glers for big sea fish there are many who favor 

 one set of guides only. The strain of trolling, 

 and of fighting and landing heavy fish on a 

 long line will permanently set any tip, but this 

 can be corrected now and then so that the 

 fault is not important. 



I will give the specifications of three salt- 

 water rods I have made at various times, the 

 material of all being bethabara, and each being 

 a useful type. They are illustrated in Fig. 41. 



Tarpon Rod. Length, 6 feet ioj4 inches; 

 tip, 5 feet 5J4 inches. Handgrasp, 21 inches, 

 wound with celluloid and fitted with a rubber 

 button. Swell of handgrasp, i 11-32 inches. 

 Reel-seat, I 1-16 inches in diameter. Taper 

 of tip, 29-32 to 5-16 inch, uniform throughout. 

 Caliber of agate stirrup-tube top, y% inch. 

 First set of trumpet guides, 9 inches from top; 

 second set, spaced 14 inches; third set, spaced 

 17 inches; set of agate hand guides, 25 inches 

 from reel. The weight is about 24 ounces. 



Surf -Casting Rod. Length, 6 feet 11^2 

 inches; tip, 4 feet iT# inches. Handgrasp, 

 25 J4 inches long, or 22^ inches to center of 



