CHAPTER XII 



SALMON FLY-RODS 



SINCE the earliest days of fly-fishing sal- 

 mon fly-rods have been made of solid 

 wood, and to-day, although split bamboo 

 is largely used for all other fly-rods, there is a 

 steady demand for solid wood salmon fly-rods. 

 In Great Britain greenheart salmon rods are 

 still the favorites with a vast number of the 

 anglers, and it is likely wood rods will never 

 be entirely replaced by those of split bamboo 

 for salmon fishing. 



In America the demand for salmon rods is 

 small, for comparatively few of our anglers 

 go to the Northern and Northeastern waters- 

 for these noble fish, and while those who prefer 

 split bamboo rods for trout and bass fishing 

 often wish to use rods of the same material 

 when they fish for salmon, a great many favor 

 wood rods. 



For tournament casting I prefer split bam- 

 boo to wood in all rods, but split bamboo sal- 

 mon rods are very expensive and a well-made 

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