32 FISH : THEIR HABITS AND HAUNTS. 



spare tips, — one for the fly, one for spinning 

 the minnow, one for the float, and another 

 for trolling, the whole being conveniently 

 packed up in a canvas bag. 



Although this kind of rod will be found 

 highly serviceable, it is by no means to be 

 recommended when one has ah opportunity 

 of employing separate and appropriate rods 

 for the different kinds of angling. The rod 

 used exclusively for fly-fishing should be 

 as light as is consistent with strength ; if 

 to be thrown with one hand, it should be 

 not more than twelve or fifteen feet long, 

 and if with both hands, not more than six- 

 teen to eighteen feet Indeed, a rod shorter 

 than either of these lengths specified would 

 be found very convenient in a narrow, 

 closely-wooded stream, where it is fre- 

 quently necessary to force the fly with a 

 short line under overhanging bushes. Some 

 anglers cannot be persuaded to use any other 

 fly-rod than one composed of two pieces 



