belonging to a grand old sportsman named Gould, modestly requested 

 to try the tackle, and the chief point is, that with it this lady quickly 

 achieved a brilliant success. But if the whole truth is to be told, 

 when fish after fish had been placed in a hut prettily situated, the 

 following doggerel concerning the proprietor, scrawled inside, met 

 the eye : 



" So you see, my dear Sir, ihoiigh eiglity years old, 

 A girl of nineteen falls in love witli old Gould." 

 While some passing sceptic aired his views in this way : 

 " A girl of nineteen may love Gould, it is true, 

 But believe me, dear Sir, it is Gold without U." 



Permission is given to add, that the fair devotee of our art is, 

 perhaps, the only feminine expert living who can demonstrate nearly 

 all the methods of casting a salmon fly. 



Now, why is it we never come across our old-time acquaintance, 

 the " trouty " salmon rod ? It is for two very simple reasons. The 

 first, because it will not carry the line we should now use ; the second, 

 because distant fish cannot be covered unless the comparatively light 

 line suited to it is taken out by the wind in the right direction. 



These rods were generally made of hickory, most of them 

 measured 20-ft. in length — some even more. But latter-day 

 experience decides that a 1 7-//. properly balanced rod of greenheart, 

 or cane if not deprived of its action by the addition of any foreign 

 substance, is sufficient for all practical purposes. 



The marked and gladdening reduction made of late in the length 

 is entirely due to vast improvements in lines and dressings. 



It might here be mentioned that notwithstanding the advantages 

 of cane over greenheart, wherein the economy of physical energy 



