. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. Salmon - Fisliing. 411 and finally the old well-known firm of A. Clerk & Co., New York, introduced into the mar- ket the Leonard rod of six and twelve stranils, and have r-,â since been siip- plyinj^ Europeans with all they get of this article.* ⢠1 have taken not a little pains to get, as far as possible, a cor- rect liistory of this somewhat re- markable inven- tion. My own rod of this kind has been used in both rain and shine for sever
. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. Salmon - Fisliing. 411 and finally the old well-known firm of A. Clerk & Co., New York, introduced into the mar- ket the Leonard rod of six and twelve stranils, and have r-,â since been siip- plyinj^ Europeans with all they get of this article.* ⢠1 have taken not a little pains to get, as far as possible, a cor- rect liistory of this somewhat re- markable inven- tion. My own rod of this kind has been used in both rain and shine for several seasons, and is now in per- tests, 1 iiave never weight, or of its length and any weight, that could throw a fl) (piite as far; and, light as it is, it brought last year to gaff in twenty min- utes a thirty-five pound fish, which my friend Curtis gaffed for me, off the high rock at the " Big Salmon Hole" of the York. Any rod with which one has killed man)- and large fish is, naturally, held to be perfection upon the stream : but the rod we have been describing is beautiful as an objet dc vcrtu, and in the library becomes a source of joy to every admirer of skilled workmanship, though he be not familiar with its use. This illustration shows the angler who has kept just strain ⢠fl have seen a split bamboo rod made, according to tiie suggestions of that distin- guished angler, tlie late James Stevens, of Hoboken, by Blacker, of London. This rod is of three sections, with the enamel on the outside, and was made in 1852 while Mr. Stevens was in London. This date has been accurately determined for me by his son, Mr, Frank Stevens. â Ki)rrt)K.]. feet order. In carefiil yet seen a rod of its ^11 s l'4i 4af \m i In ^ilw il 11 ill w il â J 111 \. 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 work.
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