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THE ANGLER’S WORKSHOP 
Rodmaking for Beginners 
By PERRY D. FRAZER 
A UNIQUE work, bringing the science of rodmaking up to the very moment and 
epitomizing the knowledge and experience of experts for the guidance of the 
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by the author in years of study, experiment and practical experience in fishing, tournament 
casting and at the work bench. He theorizes tnd speculates not at all. He tells “the 
how” of everything connected with rodmaking in a way that makes results certain. All 
explanations are simple and easily followed. 
Separate chapters are devoted to each of a half dozen types of bait-casting rodsj to 
tarpon, surf and light salt water rods; bass and trout, salmon and tournament fly-rods. 
Complete specifications of well known types are given, and the chapter on split bamboo 
rodmaking is the most comprehensive treatise on the subject ever published. Indispen¬ 
sable in the angler’s library. 
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FROGS ON DRESS PARADE. 
One thousand frogs migrated in a body half 
a mile across this town last night, says a 
Meriden (Conn.') correspondent of the Inter- 
Ocean. 
The curious sight was witnessed by throngs 
of people leaving the county fair. Columbia 
street, the route chosen by the batrachians for 
their pilgrimage, was lined on both sides of 
its entire length by people watching the strange 
procession hop along. 
The frog hop began about sundown. The 
dry weather had dispossessed them. For many 
a year the little pond back of the State school 
here has been the home of big and little frogs, 
and their “zoom, zoom” at night has been as 
regular as the town clock. Lately the pond 
dried up. The frog community evidently sent 
out scouts to report on the advisability of a 
trek. 
When the procession began last night the 
leader was easily distinguished. He hopped 
along in front like a drum-major, sometimes 
turning around and proceeding like his friend, 
the crawfish. It did not seem to occur to the 
frogs to be frightened at the people. Neither 
did it seem to occur to them that there was any 
better road than the one maintained by the f ity, 
and they kept to the cobblestones of Columbia 
street for its entire length. 
The leader rounded them up in a marsh near 
the southern end of the town. Friendly native 
frogs there welcomed the pilgrims, and last 
night the concert was wonderful to hear. 
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