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bamboo, and wound at intervals of six inches throughout its 
length with waxed silk lashings. Of course the rings are 
graduated in number to the length of the rod. 
The angler, on visiting Canada for salmon-fishing, should be 
armed with two rods, or an extra rod besides his bamboo, but 
should expect to fish with the bamboo. Iam partial to a 
three-jointed rod over a four-jointer; but either of them may 
be balanced well. Iam also in favor of the lower joint being 
ferruled, and the others fastened with the “ modern splice” of 
bands at each end of the splice. The bamboo rod should be 
from nineteen to twenty-one feet long. For a second rod, I 
should recommend one rather stiffer than the bamboo, in- 
tended, if necessary, for angling from a boat. It should be 
from sixteen to nineteen feet long, and the hickory ones made 
by Martin Kelly, of Dublin, are preferable to any that Ihave 
seen except the split bamboo. The Castle Connell rods are 
rather top-heavy, and approximately double-acting, with a 
kick in the butt which nearly upsets a person when wading in 
a three-feet-deep rapid water. Mr. Johnson, of Boston, makes 
an excellent salmon-rod, and so does Robert Welch, of New 
York. Isuppose that Pritchard Brothers might make a good 
salmon-rod, as they are old salmon-fishers. An excellent sal- 
mon-rod is made with hickory butt, next joint of ash, a third 
of lancewood, and top of split bamboo; all of the same pat- 
tern as a Long Island trout-rod, only heavier and longer. 
The butt should be ferruled, and the other two joints spliced. 
2 Crick ReEts.—Each of these should be large enough to 
carry a hundred and fifty yards of English salmon-line; that 
is, a silk, or silk and hair braided line, tapering, and protected 
by varnish from becoming water-soaked. Good salmon-reels 
are only to be procured at our best fishing-tackle establish- 
ments, and it is worse than love’s labor lost to use any other. 
1 spare line for the reels. 
6 casting-lines of twelve feet in length each, made of stained 
gut, one fourth three-ply at the upper end, one fourth two- 
ply next, both twisted, and six feet of single gut. Let the 
