. Book of the black bass. r predecessors, Andrew Clerk & Co., ten years ago,which I found none too heavy for the large Bass of thewaters of that State, and, in fact, there were times whenI wished for an additional ounce or two in weig-ht. A Trout fly-rod, then, weighing eight or nine ounces,and not more than eleven feet long, is just about right forordinary Black Bass fly-fishing; but where the Bass runlarge, averaging nearly or quite three pounds, a somewhatheavier rod, say ten ounces, will be found a more suitableand pleasanter rod to handle, though the eight ounce rodwill do even here, for
. Book of the black bass. r predecessors, Andrew Clerk & Co., ten years ago,which I found none too heavy for the large Bass of thewaters of that State, and, in fact, there were times whenI wished for an additional ounce or two in weig-ht. A Trout fly-rod, then, weighing eight or nine ounces,and not more than eleven feet long, is just about right forordinary Black Bass fly-fishing; but where the Bass runlarge, averaging nearly or quite three pounds, a somewhatheavier rod, say ten ounces, will be found a more suitableand pleasanter rod to handle, though the eight ounce rodwill do even here, for one who is an expert fly-fisher, andwho does not mind a little extra straining of the brachialmuscles. But while an ounce, more or less, hardly seems an ap-preciable quantity in the abstract, yet when added to ortaken from a fly-rod, like the fraction of an inch as appliedto a mans nose, it makes a very great difference in prac-tice and reality ; and in the former case, it is better to have 232 BOOK OF THE BLACK
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