THE TROUT. 
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in what part of tho country, in the summer months, the arti- 
ficial fly can be used with success. 
Fly-fishing is usually practised with a short one-handed 
rod, from ten to twelve feet in length, or a two-handed rod, 
from fifteen to eighteen feet in length. Tho first mentioned 
is the most common in use, and is calculated for the majority 
of our streams, which are small, and require but little length 
of rod or line. Attached to the rod should be a reel, contain- 
ing from thirty to fifty yards of hair, grass, silk, or silk and 
hair line — tho latter description should be used if it can be 
procured, tapering from the tenth of an inch almost to a 
point ; to this should be attached a leader of from one to two 
yards in length ; and finally your fly, on a light shotted length 
of gut ; if you wish to use two or three flies, place them ou 
your leader with short gut, about 24 inches apart. 
The latter description of rod is used in larger streams, 
where it is necessary to throw a great distance ; for this pur- 
pose, the reel should be large enough to contain 100 yards of 
line, with the other tackle precisely the same as with the 
smaller rod. It should bo recollected that the trout rods 
should be made similar to the salmon rods, and of the lightest 
woods, as formerly described. 
The above descriptions are generally used in this country, 
but the following information from Holland, one of the latest 
and best English winters, may bo preferred : 
' “ A slight rod, 12 feet long, or, if wanted for a narrow or 
wooded stream, one of 10 or 12 feet only would bo more 
convenient, a reel containing 30 yards of line, a book of arti- 
ficial flies, and a landing-net, and you are fully equipped for 
tlie sport. * * * I have already said that a one-handed 
rod should be 10 or 12 feet long, and a two-handed rod from 
1G to 18 feet; to either of which must be attached a reel 
containing 30 yards of twisted silk and hair line, tapering 
from a moderate thickness up to a few hairs, at the end of 
