Fig. I 



ROD AND TACKLE 7 



" Fig. I shows the (A) male and (B) female portions. 

 It will be noticed that on A there is a raised ring, F. 

 On B the sleeve E is drawn back 

 to show slot G and curved lip 

 D. When A is pushed home 



the spring portion of the outer fg^ c-fPipj, fig. 2 

 (female) lip D jumps over the 

 ring F, when E should be 

 pushed up to secure it." 



" Fig. 2 is the joint closed, 

 and shows the two portions 

 locked together for w^ork." 



I have tried this arrange- 

 ment for some days, and con- 

 sider it is the best lock-fast 

 fitting I have ever used. I 

 cannot see any weak point in 

 it, and think it should prove 

 a decided boon to the dry-fly 

 man. 



The ideal rod should be made in one piece, and 

 thus obviate the necessity of 

 any splices, joints, or ferrules, 

 but to the majority of fisher- 

 men to carry a 9 or 10 ft. rod 

 in one piece is most inconvenient, and hence it is 

 almost a necessity to make it in two or more pieces. 

 The two-jointed rod is in practice quite handy, and 

 with the thin metal modern ferrules the presence of 

 metal at the centre of its length does not present any 



Number of joints in 

 a rod. 



