. The angler's guide; being a new, plain, and complete practical treatise on the art of angling for sea, river, and pond fish, deduced from many years practice, experience, and observation. Fishing. 204 . THE troller's Rods proper for Trolling or Jack and Pike-Jishing, and how to Troll without a Rod. A GOOD trolling-rod should be made of the choicest stout and well-seasoned bamboo cane3 in length it should not be shorter than fourteen feet; but sixteen is more desirable, if your tackle-maker can furnish cane every way fit for the purpose of striking true, and not too heavy, yet suffici
. The angler's guide; being a new, plain, and complete practical treatise on the art of angling for sea, river, and pond fish, deduced from many years practice, experience, and observation. Fishing. 204 . THE troller's Rods proper for Trolling or Jack and Pike-Jishing, and how to Troll without a Rod. A GOOD trolling-rod should be made of the choicest stout and well-seasoned bamboo cane3 in length it should not be shorter than fourteen feet; but sixteen is more desirable, if your tackle-maker can furnish cane every way fit for the purpose of striking true, and not too heavy, yet sufficiently strong ; but if bamboo, of a sufficient length, &c., be not to be procured, the tackle-makers use other light wood for the butt, generally well-seasoned willow; those An- glers who are indifferent about the weight of a rod, may have them made of solid wood, in four joints, each measuring nearly a yard and a half 3 such trol- ling rods will ahuost last for ever. When trolling with the gorge, or live-bait-fishing, a long rod is ne- cessary, to enable the Angler to drop in his baited hook over high sags, rushes, &c.; and also if the wa- ter be bright, he should then keep as far away from it as he possibly can, which a long rod enables him to do, while dipping, casting, or spinning his bait; for if. 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 Salter, T. F. (Thomas Frederick), fl. 1814-1826. London, Sherwood
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