BAIT-FISHING FOR TROUT 



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sources of civilization ; " and I therefore insist on 

 a real rod, line, reel, and leader for spring trout 

 fishing. 



The rod. If you can afford it, go to your near- 

 est drug-store, and you can get a jointed 12-foot 

 bamboo for about one dollar. This is quite good 



Fig, 26. — Cfieap Brass Reel. 



enough for brook bait-fishing, and if you break it 

 going through the brush it is no great matter. I 

 myself sometimes use to this day such a rod, and 

 find it both light and convenient. A plain brass 

 reel will serve, something after the pattern shown 

 at Fig. 26, and a silk line of 75 feet is long enough 



