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FOREST AND STREAM 
FOREST AND STREAM'S TRADING POST 
I F every time Forest and Stream came to you, you could turn to THE TRADING POST and know that an expert 
shopper—who was not only imbued with the spirit of the game, but also had an eye to value received—was ready to 
buy for you anything you might desire in the way of really new practical sporting goods, wouldn’t that be a real 
service ? And if he went further and offered to purchase and deliver prepaid at prices quoted anything that was good 
enough to find its way in THE TRADING POST, wouldn’t that be the best ever? Will you help Forest and Stream 
try it? 
Remember there is absolutely no charge for this service. You simply remit the prices quoted and the goods comes 
to you prepaid. And—best of all—remember that no article can find its way in THE TRADING POST unless it first 
finds favor in the eyes of an expert, and a very critical one. We believe the big Forest and Stream family will use 
THE TRADING POST and find in it not only expert buying service, but a weeding out as it were of the good from the 
bad. So that whatever you find shown, you can purchase fully assured that it is practical, of good quality and worth 
the price asked. 
THE TRADING POST will open its doors with fishing suggestions, because it’s fishing time. Let us have a word 
from you as to what you think of the idea. 
F ISHING time! Yes, it’s here again— 
a few warm days, and the brooks will 
be free. Every fishing tackle shop in 
town is showing some new things, and the 
preparedness spirit is sure strong amongst 
the ardent anglers. 
The angler consid¬ 
ers his royal sport a 
fine art, and its un¬ 
derlying principle 
the delicate rod and 
the best of tackle. 
And the use of fine 
tackle not only af¬ 
fords much greater 
satisfaction, but in 
the end proves less 
expensive. 
At one well 
known shop we 
found the best bam¬ 
boo fly rod for the 
money that we have 
had the pleasure of 
handling. They call 
it the Emerald, and 
the bamboo is fin¬ 
ished in the dark 
green color, making 
a handsome rod. 
Such a rod as this at the price is a very 
unusual affair. We have never seen one 
produced at this price that is anywhere 
near its equal in style and finish, with the 
hang and action of the very best of them. 
The rod is a selected bamboo stock, oxidized 
German silver mountings throughout, open 
reel seat and steel snake guides. The grip 
is made of solid cork rings. All the rods 
are made with a reel seat below the hand. 
They come in lengths 8, 9, g l /2 and 10 ft., 
weight 334 to 7 oz., and the price is $13.50 
—three pieces and an extra tip, with a 
bamboo tip case. 
Another rod our shopper found is called 
the Yellowstone—comes in three pieces 
and an extra tip, and is the most wonder¬ 
ful $5.00 rod we have ever seen. The ma¬ 
terial is solid split bamboo, and the rods 
are built up of six parts in a most care¬ 
ful manner. To anyone taking up dry-fly 
fishing for the first time, who does not 
want to purchase an expensive outfit, we 
recommend one of these 9 or g 1 /^ ft. Yel¬ 
lowstone Specials as the most efficient rod 
that money can produce. They are mount¬ 
ed throughout with German silver ferrules 
and solid reel seat. The handle is of solid 
cork—in lengths 8, 9, g l /i and 10 ft., and 
weighs 4.34 to 7 oz. Any fisherman who 
wants to spend $5.00 and get more real rod 
value than he ever dreamed of should pur¬ 
chase one of these rods. Our shopper will 
be very glad to especially select a rod as 
to length and weight. 
An entirely new form of trout basket is 
one that will appeal to all anglers, and is 
shown in the leather-bound split willow 
basket, which in the 15-pound size can be 
had for $5.65. The broad leather shoulder 
strap is $2.25 extra. This basket, being 
leather bound, will give an enormous 
amount of wear and is certainly very rea¬ 
sonable. It should appeal to the average 
angler, who has found that his basket, 
after getting wet and worn from hard 
usage, loses its shape and stiffness. 
We are also illustrating a Rainbow reel 
that is made in exact copy of the cele¬ 
brated Hardy Unique reel, at just about 
half the price. For use on everyone of the 
rods we mentioned 
we can recommend 
it as being perfect in 
workmanship and sat¬ 
isfactorily adapted 
for fly casting. These 
reels are 2% in. in 
diameter and are very 
narrow—but 2^4 in. 
