10 VARIETY OF RODS. 



THE DOUBLE-HANDED BOD. 



The double-handed rod must be made precisely of 

 the same materials and in the same manner as the 

 single one, only its length must be 15 or 16 feet, in 

 place of 13, while its strength must be increased in 

 proportion to its length. 



For minnow-spinning and worm-fishing the rod 

 should not be less than 16 feet in length, and slightly 

 stiffer and stouter than the double-handed fly-rod ; but, 

 in fact, that rod, with an extra strong top-piece, will 

 form a very efficient implement for those varieties of 

 fishing. 



I may here mention that it is my invariable practice 

 to send in advance, or take with me, in all angling ex- 

 cursions at a distance from home besides my usual fly- 

 rod for trout, which I never use for any other purpose 

 a light salmon-rod of 16 feet, in four joints for conve- 

 nience of carriage, and fitted up with three top-pieces, 

 two of which pack into the root, which is bored through- 

 out for the purpose. The most pliant of these tops I 

 use for fly-fishing for salmon or eriox, or worm-fishing 

 for trout ; the second, a little stiffer and stouter, I employ 

 for minnow or parr-tail spinning for salmon or trout, or 

 in worm-fishing for the former ; and the third, which is 

 short and very strong, I use in pike-trolling. I find this 

 an exceedingly useful rod indeed for general purposes, 

 and would advise every sportsman who has any variety 

 of fishing to furnish himself with one. It forms a most 



