CHAPTER XV 



SPLIT BAMBOO RODMAKING FOR ADVANCED 

 WORKERS 



WHY is it that so many anglers go in 

 for tournament casting? Has the 

 answer ever occurred to you ? Be- 

 cause in that pastime one learns so much more 

 concerning rods and reels and lines than it is 

 possible to acquire on the stream. On the 

 platform many theories are tested, and mental 

 notes made, for use in the little workshop at 

 home. 



Half the fun yes, more than half is had 

 in the cold season, when there is neither fishing 

 nor casting practice, in repairing, altering, or 

 making rods to be used in the spring and 

 summer. Rodmaking is a pastime in itself. 

 There is no closed season; in fact, the rainy 

 days, the stormy nights, the winter holidays, 

 are the times to practice it. Try it, you who 

 think you cannot make a rod. As for a shop, 

 any vacant room, or a corner in a basement, 

 will serve, while as for tools, only a few sim- 

 ple and inexpensive ones are needed. 



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