MATERIALS USED IN ANGLING — RODS. 21 
Hooks of various patterns, from No. 0 to 12, on silk-worm 
gut, hair, gimp or wire, snap-hooks for trolling, hooks on 
hemp lines, &c., loose hooks of all sizes. 
Floats of quill, cork, or wood, of various sizes. 
Sinkers, plaiu, swivel and hollow, for sea, middle or bot- 
tom fishing, split shot, and swivels for fly-fishing. 
Leaders of hair, gut or grass, of various lengths, loose gut 
for making or repairing leaders or tying on hooks, and gimp 
or wire for pickerel tackle. 
Squids of pearl, ivory, bone, tin or lead, for sea or river 
trolling, artificial flies, minnows, grasshoppers, frogs, mice, 
shrimp, &c. 
Disgorgers of various sizes, bait needles, clearing rings, 
bait and landing nets, bait box, and baskets. 
A Book containing a full assortment of artificial flies ; a box 
containing a variety of feathers, worsted, silks of all colors, 
gold thread, shoemakers’ wax, Sec . ; also, a book for general 
tackle. 
A pair of plyers, a pair of scissors, a penknife, hand vice, 
and a file for sharpening the points and barbs of hooks. 
RODS. 
There is probably no article of tackle upon which the An- 
gler looks with so much pride and pleasure, as a good Rod; 
like the fowler’s gun, or the jockey’s horse — next to his wife, 
they are always the best. They are made of various 
kinds of woods, and of various lengths, for the different spe- 
cies of Angling. The best rods were formerly imported from 
England, and made of hazel or hickory, but they were little 
adapted to our modes of fishing, and have consequently grown 
into disuse. American rod makers have introduced great im 
provements in the article within the last ten years, and caD 
now turn out rods which, for workmanship and beauty of 
finish, cannot be surpassed. They are made to suit the tastes 
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