Fig. 7 



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rod being very thin, lacking in power and very short, 

 you have nothing with which to stop or hold the fish 

 out of the weeds, and therefore dis- 

 aster is almost certain. Fishing- 

 from a boat in open water while 

 drifting is the best place to use these 

 rods, for there one has room, and 

 may eventually draw the fish to the 

 net." 



I can confirm every word of Mr. 

 Hardy's dicta as to the comparison 

 of the two rods, as I tried both 

 exhaustively on the Test on May 

 7th, 191 2, and found that the com- 

 paratively heavy powerful rod was 

 far more pleasant in action, and less 

 tiring to the forearm than a rod of 

 perfect balance which weighed 2^ 

 oz. less. 



For the purpose of affording me 

 an ample oppor- 

 The "Halford" tunity of giving 

 1912 rod. it a fair trial, 



Messrs. Hardy 

 made for me the 9 ft. 6 in. rod, 

 weighing with spear 8 oz. 14 drams 

 on the model of the " Halford " 

 1905 rod, as shown in Fig. 7. This latter weighed 

 1 1^ oz., so the reduction of weight is considerable. 

 The 1912 rod was fitted with all the improvements 



