TACKLE 



without danger of putting a permanent set in 

 the wood. Of course this point is a matter of 

 judgment, but I believe the experiments were 

 fairly consistent with the best fishing practice. 

 The resiilts are presented in a series of diagrams 

 showing the position of the rod and the pull exerted. 

 The amount of the hooking jerk was determined 

 by striking against a light spring-scales with 

 twenty feet of line out, with the rod in the vertical 

 position, and with the butt at an average of forty- 

 five degrees turned toward the water. It is shown 

 in the diagram for each rod. (Diagrams, Figures 

 5 and 6, table 1.) 



TABLE 1 



A slight study of the diagram will make it per- 

 fectly clear why the tip should be kept up in playing 



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