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I notice in April RECREATION an article 
referring to the Bristol Steel fishing rod. 
The writer of that article evidently does not 
know a good thing when he sees it. I 
have been an angler more than 20 years 
and have used the Bristol steel rods ever 
since they were first put on the market. 
Never has one of these rods failed me ata 
critical time. Last January, while in Flor- 
ida, I hooked and played a 76 lb. Tarpon 
on my little steel rod, No. 17, and I took a 
21 lb. stripped bass Sept. 12, ’98, in the 
Delaware river above Trenton, N. J., on 
a steel rod No. 11. I have photos of these 
catches showing the rods I used. I never 
had a steel rod remain set or break for me, 
but I have had wooden and bamboo rods 
often break. The Bristol steel rods are no 
experiment. They will not snap off so 
easily as the Hartford man claims. They 
will withstand any reasonable strain and are 
always the same. They do not dry out 
and they have no loose ferrules. In fact, 
they are as far superior to wooden rods as 
the breech loader is to the muzzle load- 
ing gun. 
W. L. Fisher, Easton, Pa. 

For Sale. One Marlin repeater model 
’92, 22 caliber. Rocky mountain front sight 
and sporting graduated rear sights; price, 
$10.50, W. M. Dilsaver, Clinton, Ind, 
