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joint, putting them the proper distance apart at each end, 

 and these three sets of lines will represent the three pieces 

 of the rod. Now divide each set of lines into a number of 

 equal length parts, say one inch, and these parts will repre- 

 sent corresponding parts four inches long on the respective 

 joints of the rod. Now, if you take the measurements at 

 each one of these inch marks, you will have the exact 

 measurements for every four inches of the rod piece; just 

 like I did in the diagram of the bait rod. 



Leader Knots. 



I know a man who made a very nice twelve-foot, four- 

 piece rod of ironwood. Ironwood is quite heavy and stiff, 

 but he worked it down to a small diameter. He did a lot of 

 fishing for pike and made this rod for that use. I imagine 

 such a rod would suit a lot of fishermen who are not expert 

 at bait-casting. Short bait-casting rods are also made of 

 ironwood sometimes. 



There is much in the way a rod is handled and cared 

 for. I cannot say all that might be said on this subject, but 



