TACKLE 



make such a rod act properly is far too heavy, and 

 will scare the fish in low water. 



In order to have the advantage of the fourteen- 

 foot rod together with the lowered strain on the 

 leader and the use of a smaller line, Mr, Mo- 

 nell, Mr. La Branche, and I have had a special 

 rod made weighing eighteen ounces, but built 

 lighter toward the tip. This rod will cast an E 

 line .035 diameter perfectly, with fourteen feet of 

 leader, and you will see by the diagram that its 

 holding and hooking power are well within the 

 three and one-half pounds breaking strain of a 

 leader .010 at the small end. With this tackle you 

 can use these small leaders successfully on large 

 fish and rarely meet with breakages. There are 

 many conditions on the river where a fourteen-foot 

 rod has great advantages over a ten-foot rod, and 

 I always carry one of these rods, and have about 

 abandoned the heavier type, which I use only for 

 very high water and large fish. 



For clear-water fishing the most satisfactory all- 

 aroundrodfor the man who casts well is thefive-and- 

 three-quarter-ounce, ten-foot tournament model, 

 single-handed rod, which weighs with reel-plate 

 six and one-quarter ounces. I have them made 

 with an extra handle, which I put on below the 



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