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to be built upon the same plan as the trouting fly-rod ; 

 only vastly stronger in proportion. A perfectly made 

 rod ought to yield in a regular graduated curve from the 

 tip to the reel when a strain is upon it : no particular 

 part giving more than another. In casting with a rod 

 of this perfect make, it will be found to spring even 

 within the grasp at the butt. If divided into three 

 joints only, the rod will be more uniform in its action 

 and less liable to fracture at the ferrules ; but if 

 in four, it will be much more portable and convenient 

 to carry a point of no small importance to the tourist. 

 Although the longer and more powerful the rod, the 

 greater will be the sportsman's command both over the 

 water and the fish when hooked, yet a rod of 16 feet 

 will be found heavy enough not only to enable a very 

 considerable extent of line to be cast, but to tire 

 the industrious angler sorely enough in a long day's 

 fishing. And if such a one is fitted up with three 

 different top-pieces one for fly-fishing ; a second, a 

 little stouter and stiffer, for minnow, parr-tail, and worm- 

 spinning ; and a third of about lj foot, short and thick, 

 for pike-trolling it will form a very complete and 

 efficient implement for general purposes, and may be 

 used with the fly-top, either in fly-fishing for salmon, in 

 minnow-spinning or trolling for trout as a double 

 handed fly-rod for the same or as a pike-trolling rod. 



Winch or Eeel. Unquestionably, the safest and best 

 reel for salmon is a plain pillar one, with either a friction- 

 plate or ratchet-wheel, to check its running too freely. 

 I would also recommend a trial of the double multiplier 



