SEA FISH; 



Rod. 



For general use, a strong, four-jointed, bamboo 

 rod, from seventeen to eighteen feet long, will be 

 found the most useful. It should have two tops, of 

 different degrees of flexibility, of lance-wood and 

 strong splib cane, upright rings of large size, brazed, 

 winch fittings, and a wooden ball at the end of the 

 butt, like a salmon rod. I use a small additional butt 

 of about eighteen inches long, which, by being put on 

 instead of the ordinary butt, gives the advantage of a 

 shorter rod without endangering the end of the third 

 joint, by usin'g it exposed or destroying the balance. 

 A partition bag, of stout jean, with three sets of 

 strong wide strings, should be provided. For this or 

 any other rod the reader may require, I would 

 strongly recommend his paying a visit to some fishing- 

 tackle maker of standing and repute, and never to be 

 induced to purchase any of the cheap trash but too 

 often sold to the inexperienced. Vide also article 

 " Salmon and Sea Trout." 



Winch. 



The winch should be of the compressed or flat 

 form, about four inches in diameter, of plain or check 

 movement, calculated to hold about sixty yards of 

 round plait prepared line. A most important point 

 to be observed in all winches is to see that the edges 



