1 6 Bass, Pike, and Perch 



I have used for thirty years that are still as good 

 as new. But the angler should eschew the 

 shoddy split-bamboo rods that are sold in the 

 department stores for a dollar. A wooden rod 

 at a moderate price is far better than a split- 

 bamboo rod at double its cost. Rods are now 

 made much better, of better material, and con- 

 siderably shorter and lighter than formerly, and 

 withal they are much better in balance and action. 



If any evidence were needed to prove and 

 establish the superiority of the modern single- 

 handed fly-rod over the old-style rod, it is only 

 necessary to refer to the following facts : At the 

 tournament of the New York State Sportsman's 

 Association, in 1880, a cast of seventy feet won 

 the first prize for distance ; and at that time the 

 longest on record was Seth Green's cast of 

 eighty-six feet. At a contest of the San Francisco 

 Fly-casting Club held on October u, 1902, at 

 Stow Lake, Golden Gate Park, Mr. H. C. Golcher 

 made the remarkable and wonderful cast of one 

 hundred and forty feet, beating the previous rec- 

 ord cast of one hundred and thirty-four feet, 

 held jointly by Mr. Golcher and Mr. W. D. 

 Mansfield of the same club. 



A suitable fly-rod for black-bass fishing may 



