MATERIALS USED IN ANGLING RODS. 21 



Hooks of various patterns, from No. to 12, on silk-worm 

 gut, hair, gimp or wire, snap-hooks for trolling, hooks on 

 hemp lines, &c., loose hooks of all sizes. 



Floats of quill, cork, or wood, of various sizes. 



Sinkers, plain, swivel and hollow, for sea, middle or bot- 

 tom fishing, split shot, and swivels for fly. fishing. 



Leaders of hair, gut or grass, of various lengths, loose gut 

 for making or repairing leaders or tying on hooks, and gimp 

 or wire for pickerel tackle. 



Squids of pearl, ivory, bone, tin or lead, for sea or river 

 trolling, artificial flies, minnows, grasshoppers, frogs, mice, 

 shrimp, &c. 



Disgorgers of various sizes, bait needles, clearing rings, 

 bait and landing nets, bait box, and baskets. 



A Book containing a full assortment of artificial flies ; a box 

 containing a variety of feathers, worsted, silks of all colors, 

 gold thread, shoemakers' wax, &c. ; also, a book for general 

 tackle. 



A pair of plyers, a pair of scissors, a penknife, hand vice, 

 and a file for sharpening the points and barbs of hooks. 



RODS. 



There is probably no article of tackle upon which the An- 

 gler looks with so much pride and pleasure, as a good Rod; 

 like the fowler's gun, or the jockey's horse next to his wife, 

 they are always the best. They are made of various 

 kinds of woods, and of various lengths, for the different spe- 

 cies of Angling. The best rods were formerly imported from 

 England, and made of hazel or hickory, but they were little 

 adapted to our modes of fishing, and have consequently grown 

 into disuse. American rod makers have introduced reat im 

 provements in the article within the last ten years, and can 

 now turn out rods which, for workmanship and beauty of 

 finish, cannot be surpassed. They are marie to siv> '1t. ';, s >s 



