150 TIPS. 



friends have so Ihoroughly tested the various sizes with such good 

 results, that we consider it the best in the market. 



No. 1/5 IS very strong, and is reserved for use in high water 

 during Spring and Autumn ; but when the water falls and clears. No. 

 2/5 is used. 



Nos. 3/5 and 4/5 are better adapted to small rods. A large 

 number of salmon fell to my rod in the Autumn of 1900 without 

 fretting or chafing the gut to the slightest degree. 



"KELSON" RODS AND LINES. 



The opportunity is taken of stating that the so-called " Kelson " 

 rod, introduced to the angling public, in 1858, by Farlow, was 

 originally fashioned by myself. It came about this way. A little 

 previous to that date I dressed an old silk-and-hair line by steeping it 

 in boiled oil, with the result that the treatment made it too heavy for 

 the style of rod then used. During a visit to the river Shannon I 

 found the line went better with a Castle-Connell rod, which, however, 

 failed to please me in making the ordinary overhand cast. T thought 

 out the action required and gradually worked down an old thick- 

 butted 20ft. greenheart to get it. The desired object was eventually 

 obtained, and Farlow had the rod to finish. 



A little incident that occurred in my presence just afterwards may 

 be recounted. A customer calling for a new rod remarked that he 

 hated the Kelson pattern. " Well, sir " (said the Manager, Mr. 



