April, 1920 
FOREST AND STREAM 
217 
STREAMCRAFT— AN ANGLING 
MANUAL 
S TEWART AND KIDD COMPANY, of 
Cincinnati, have added to their list of 
outdoor books perhaps the most notable 
contribution to modern angling literature 
since the appearance, many years ago, of 
Wells’ book on rods and tackle. The late 
Henry P. Wells, by the way, wa,s a law- 
yer by profession, and the author of 
Streamcraft is a physician, Dr. George 
Parker Holden, not entirely unknown to 
the readers of Forest and Stream. 
This manual, delightfully dedicated to 
Rev. Dr. Henry van Dyke, “America’s 
most-beloved fisherman,” and in size con- 
venient for the angler’s pocket, is 
crammed with reliable, up-to-date infor- 
mation for the fresh-water fisherman, 
and in addition possesses literary charm 
and is saturated with the Waltonian 
spirit. Especially do we know of noth- 
ing so authoritative, concise, detailed, 
and comprehensive in American angling 
books dealing with the subject of fly- 
tying. The print, in Scotch-Roman type, 
is beautifully clear and there are many 
illustrations including eight color-plates 
of standard artificial-flies. 
The same publishers are about to put 
through the press a second, larger vol- 
ume by Dr. Holden, to be called The Idyl 
of the Split-Bamboo , and it will include 
Mr. Edwin T. Whiffen’s article on “Cul- 
tivating Silkworm-Gut at Home,” which 
attracted much comment when it ap- 
peared serially in this magazine. There 
also will be chapters on angling equip- 
ment, camping, and on split-bamboo rod 
construction; the latter we are informed 
will comprise the most detailed treat- 
ment of this subject that has yet ap- 
peared. And there will be an introduc- 
tion by Dr. Henry van Dyke. 
JAMES ALEXANDER 
HENSHALL 
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 183) 
in Forest and Stream, and there is no 
patent on it.” 
Mr. Charles F. Orvis, an old angler 
and rod maker of Manchester, Vermont, 
saw the possibilities of the rod, and began 
making and advertising it, and he wrote 
me that he could not make it fast enough 
to supply the demand. Later, the tackle 
dealers of New York, receiving orders 
and inquiries, began the construction of 
the rod. And so, the “Henshall rod,” as 
it was termed, arrived, and held its su- 
premacy for twenty years for black bass 
bait fishing, until by the use of better 
material and more skilful workmanship 
and improved methods of construction it 
became possible to produce a rod some- 
what lighter, and in some instances a 
few inches shorter, to meet the demand of 
a few anglers for special local conditions ; 
but where the bass run large, as in lakes 
and in the Gulf states, or where pike or 
mascalonge abound, the original Hen- 
shall rod will be found to be the most 
useful and suitable. 
When bait-casting became popular at 
fly-casting tournaments, it was found 
that a short rod of about five feet would 
cast farther and with more accuracy, by 
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