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islands in the west end of Lake -Erie. When the bass 

 emerge from their winter quarters in the spring, and like- 

 wise in the fall before retiring for their seclusion during 

 the winter, they linger about the reefs for several weeks 

 in water from ten to twenty feet deep. They are fished 

 for at these periods with live minnows, and in order to 

 keep the bait near the reefs comparatively heavy sinkers 

 are employed, which requires a rather stiff rod. To meet 

 this method of angling I devised a modification of the 

 Henshall rod which has been styled the " little giant." It 

 is made in two pieces with but one joint. Its measure- 

 ments, when constructed of ash and lancewood, that is, 

 with ash butt piece and lancewood, greenheart, or betha- 

 bara upper piece, are as follows : 



Total length of rod, 7% feet. 



Length of grip, below reel-seat, 8 inches. 



Length of reel-seat, 4 inches. 



Greatest bulge of grip, 1% inches. 



Diameter of reel-seat, % of an inch. 



Diameter of male ferrule of joint, 11/32 of an inch. 



Diameter of extreme tip, % of an inch. 



Weight of rod, 8 ounces. 



It may be made somewhat lighter in split-bamboo with 

 a short wooden handle, but where sinkers of two or three 

 ounces are used, eight ounces will be found light enoiigh. 

 This rod may be utilized for coast fishing, where sinkers 

 of various weights are necessary in the tideways, for fish 

 up to ten or fifteen pounds. Some anglers prefer it for 

 black bass fishing under all circumstances. 



The Peog-casting Eod. 



Since the advantages of the short Henshall rod have 

 been acknowledged, and the relegation of the long and 



