78 SALMON AND TROUT. 
on the score of carrying about a ‘lightning conductor’ !)—one 
or other of the salmon rods above described will probably be 
found as perfect a weapon as any fly-fisher need desire. With 
a slightly shorter top either makes an excellent rod for heavy 
lake trolling, spinning for salmon, &c. 
The following are the dimensions of the greenheart rod, 
above referred to, made by Messrs. Farlow : 
Length when put together with india-rubber knob. : . 13 ft. 6% in, 
‘Weight with ferrules and upright rings, but without india-rubber 
knob on butt : 7 . . . % . . - rlb.goz. 
[The india-rubber knob weighs 3 0z. more, but it is of great practical 
comfort and convenience, and no salmon rod should be without one.] 
in. 16ths 
‘Circumference of butt at reel above metal work . F ‘ » 3 5 
“i »» at middle. . ‘ ‘ * . ‘ * 2 § 
54 », below ferrule . : ; ‘s é I 10 
a of large joint at bottom, just above ferrule . . - I 9g 
ia i just below top ferrule . ‘ . I 3 
mn of top joint, just above ferrule ‘ a sr 2 
” i 2in. from topring . 3 i ' 83 
The split cane with steel core makes a handy powerful 
trouting rod for heavy work. The length of mine is ten feet 
seven inches when put together, and the weight ten ounces. 
It has three joints and ferrules. I can cast about twenty-two 
yards with it on a still day on level ground; and the combina- 
tion and ‘correction ’ of stiffness and swishiness leave, to my 
mind, nothing to be desired. 
The following are the weights of ordinary split-cane rods, 
ounces for feet : 
From 10 to 12 ft. » F6ter2 02, | a7ft. . . 
. ss » 3802 
m3ft . . . - I4oz | 18 ft. % . . 42 02, 
14ft. . ‘ ws a - 180z | 19 ft. . . . 7 - 4802, 
usft. . F . + 2502. | 20 ft. ‘! : ‘ + 5402 
w6ft. . ‘ . ‘ « 2602, 
N.B.—The steel centres add from 2 to 3 oz. to these weights, 
I find no advantage in a single-handed rod much over ten 
feet, as it generally results, in my experience, in both hands 
