. Amateur rodmaking. Fishing. Octagonal Cane Rod Nonagonal Cane Rod. Both Steel Center and Double Built. Fig. 6. His preference then was for a rod gyi to 11 feet long, so it must be assumed that he re- ferred to American rods of light weight. This seems to be true, for he quotes Francis Francis, who, in his " Book on Angling," told of making a cast of twenty-six yards with a io^-foot rod. No American five-ounce rod of the pres- ent time would be accepted as a gift if it failed to lay out seventy-eight feet, and the average six-ounce rod, in the hands of an angler of or- dinary skill,
. Amateur rodmaking. Fishing. Octagonal Cane Rod Nonagonal Cane Rod. Both Steel Center and Double Built. Fig. 6. His preference then was for a rod gyi to 11 feet long, so it must be assumed that he re- ferred to American rods of light weight. This seems to be true, for he quotes Francis Francis, who, in his " Book on Angling," told of making a cast of twenty-six yards with a io^-foot rod. No American five-ounce rod of the pres- ent time would be accepted as a gift if it failed to lay out seventy-eight feet, and the average six-ounce rod, in the hands of an angler of or- dinary skill, will send the fly yards further, if the need arises. Mr. Halford says there are only three ma- terials worth considering: split cane, green- heart, and whole cane, in the order given. Aside from its fault of occasionally snapping off short, he likes greenheart, but gives double enamel split cane the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Frazer, Perry D. , 1866- [from old catalog]. New York, Outing publishing company
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