SOME FISH AND SOME FISHING 



Three jointed rods of ash or lance-wood 

 were used at first, then the Calcutta and 

 Japan bamboo rods came into fashion and 

 these were developed later into the light, 

 two-piece split bamboo rods with guides and 

 tips of agate or cornelian of the present day. 



The twisted Cuttyhunk lines and easily- 

 running multiplying reels were also invented 

 for this bass fishing purpose. The strong 

 tackle used for tarpon and tuna fishing has 

 been developed until we now have reels that 

 will stand the heaviest strain of a thousand 

 pound tuna, and will hold a thousand feet 

 of twisted linen line that will not break at 

 sixty pounds of dead pull. 



The striped bass were very plentiful along 

 the Atlantic coast in the sixties and 

 seventies, and are still to be found from 

 Cape Cod to Chesapeake Bay and even 

 farther south where they are known as 

 rockfish. 



In the sixties many clubs were formed 

 at Newport, West Island, Block Island and 



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