"Sea fish & how to catch them"
by Lord, William Barry, 1863
Rod.
For general use, a strong, four-jointed, bamboo
rod, from seventeen to eighteen feet long, will be
found the most useful.
It should have two tops, of different degrees of flexibility, of lance-wood and strong splib cane, upright rings of large size, brazed,
winch fittings, and a wooden ball at the end of the
butt, like a salmon rod.
I use a small additional butt of about eighteen inches long, which, by being put on instead of the ordinary butt, gives the advantage of a
shorter rod without endangering the end of the third joint, by usin'g it exposed or destroying the balance.
A partition bag, of stout jean, with three sets of
strong wide strings, should be provided. For this or
any other rod the reader may require, I would
strongly recommend his paying a visit to some fishing-
tackle maker of standing and repute, and never to be
induced to purchase any of the cheap trash but too
often sold to the inexperienced.
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