[H-cdomiiuilcs in ovcrliand casting, purchasers ')f a grccnhcart can use- 

 it at once, whereas a cane rod ought to remain sc\oral iiKiullis in a 

 nice even temperature before a single cast is made with it. 15\- this 

 treatment the cenienled jouits gel hard and ht for e\cr>' sort of 

 emergency. Without it the particular slraui of some individual cast 

 causes weakness, making itself visiljle by a contortion of the upper 

 joint. 



A No. 3 line is best suited to either rod. Hut in sunnner, or at 

 any lime wiien the water runs low, it is advisalile to u-e lighter tackle 

 altogether. A lO-ft. Hid and a No. 4 line, or in fiur weather even a 

 No. 5, is sufficient for almost every case, the exception being at limes 

 when the fish run large, and snow water, which is \er)' heavy and 

 often prohibitive of deep wading, continues to flow. 



In choosing a rod there is one point which seems to be of very 

 considerable importance. Shall we select a composite rod— that is, 

 one constructed of different materia,ls ; or a homogeneous rod— tiiat 

 is, one constructed of the same material thruughout? 



Upon this point my opinion is distinctly in favour of the latter. 

 The first reason to be assigned for this preference, is one beyond 

 which rishcrinen in general will not seek to go : vi/,., that as a matter 

 of constant experiment under various conditions of weather, the 

 composite rod has never been found to answer anything like as well 

 as the other. In casting a short line overhead, the .average angler 

 finds but little difference between the two styles ; but when it cmius 

 to covering distant fish, so certainly does the rod begin to labour and 

 become inanimate, that any doubt lurking in the mind of the older 

 hand is instantly dispelled. 



To examine the matter from a theoretical point of view, let us 



