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FOREST AND STREAM 
AUGUST, 1917 
Go to your sport¬ 
ing goods store 
and get your 
fishing tackle, 
btart on your trip at once. 
It will do you more good 
than any other vacation. 
This is the year to fish. 
I he spring was so wet 
and cold that the fish 
stayed down. They are up now. 
Ihe record catches are being 
made everywhere. 
Steel Fishing Rods 
MEEK AND BLUE GRASS REELS 
More people, especially expert fishermen are buying “Bristol” Rods this year than ever before, 
r eai ¥ twice as many people are buying Meek Reels and Blue Grass Reels as ever bought them 
m the past. The last two or three years have shown up the facts to the whole fishing world, 
n the great national prize fishing contests, it has been shown that “Bristol” Rods have won 
a great majority of prizes. “Bristol” has won its national and international fame by a con¬ 
stantly increasing volume of victories under every-day fishing conditions. “It brings home 
! i Sp.. ilr, 1S , a model for evei T kind of fishing. See your dealer today. If he hasn’t 
tie nistol Rod which you want and will not get it for you, we will supply you directly, 
.leek and Blue Grass Reels represent the democracy of true superiority. To the experienced 
Meinian, diey. mean the most perfect reels that have ever been produced;—most perfect in 
matei lal, in design, in workmanship and in operation. 
Write for your Free “Bristol” and Meek Catalogues. 
The Horton Mfg. Co., 
84 Horton St., Bristol, Conn. 
Also Manufacturers of Meek and Blue Grass Reels. 
Pacific Coast Branch 
Phil. B. Bekeart Co., 717 Market St., San Francisco, Calif. 
Here they are, gentlemen 1 
Speckled beauties! Can you 
conjure up any more satis¬ 
fying experience than the pleasure of 
bringing in a catch like that? It 
makes your mouth water just to look 
at the picture. 
Think of all the bass and lake trout; 
the “muskies,” pike and pickerel; the 
salmon, perch, weakfish, blue fish and 
all the others that are waiting to give you a royal welcome. 
