Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-18

Rlsa AND RlsnlSe RoDs. RERass
LINES AyD Enks.
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4 man mus have the know how BE-
fore be can eatch Ash 10 amount 10 any
thing What did old Izaak Walton say
| about that1 Why, be said: Angling il
something like poetry-men are born 30
be so.- A ragged kneed, barefoot boy,
With his brush pole, cotton string, pin
hook and worm bait, may 6iYf out trout
where Q man with q 900 oatfit won't
raise nm But Q man don't want to
fish like boy all his life.
You can bay jointsd rods said a
veil known Cark strose dealer, Who
oow and then takss Q AUNT into The
country with rod and gun himself,
fsom 8 esnts up to S40o, or even
higher; but the most expensive rods
carried IN sock here do NOT 20 above
rs. 4 fair, ordinary rod, Of ash and
Iaaosvood, b worth from g TO $40
The couDo0 bamboo - I'll q from.
u 10 4 ~ for tzuot ROD, thoes Of
Rresnhsart, one Joint and two tips,
raueo b psics from SIC 10 go; svo
tutnts and three tip4 90 TO go. fhAss
- ana 0A6e, md m II mach Ia the
sfede here There ID no general seook
OF Rreenhssrt or bsthbara KEEP: in the
city. The cornbeam. sometines called
the bunVSod.ro6 = 90 yoa can Ds
mads up at hom - 70 so, and Q vsfy
nice one IL isl.
xBut TIE split bamboo i eeuraliy
concoted to be the dandy fishing rod
Is eclipses all others in popularity in
this market, more than half the sales
being Of that kind. The bamboo is sold
at figures naaainR Anywhere from $40
up. You can get daisy for S25 or $50:
but Il you bad your heart ses ON the
perfect rod you would have to strike
your pocket fog An sven 800. The
bamboo ie very slaseic, and has what
anglers call quick action. When you
make . styiks the rod acts a. swiftly a.
ths dah; vhsrsaA Q stiH rod il too SLOW
Tor The eunnioa Of tho dartine creature
The hsxaQonAl split bamboo rod 10 a
darling, which RoeS for go OF ts6. In
New York they get go for it, especially
when 2 young Vanderbilt drops fn. You
think il b small and delicate about the
joints and tipsf Well. let me tell you
chat ! have seea. have seen an expsEt
n1herman land q three- poond trout Sith
just such rod a. that. IL will bend
alnost double, bat wouldn't break with
. three pound trout on the line OF
co1fse ~ vould. Il requires science
Reels? Yes, veil talk q little about
reels. In Chicago they vary in price
from Is cents to a. many dollars. What |
10 known IS the Frankfort, Ky, reel,
has taken the rag of the bush for .
great many yearA VI late thsir patents
have expired, and the makers Of the
Frankfort reel have had many imita-
tors. But We don't think it has been
equallod - 70 it, superb balance and
smooth running qualities. We turn
out limitations Of the Frankfort which
are excellent, and sometimes, We think,
quite As good. but it can be hardly 80. |
The kentucky reel cells at from &18 to
Us according to size. They will wear
eight or ten years with decent care.
The ordinary plain reel involves an out
lay Of only 80 csnts or 81. Then there
are click reels With adjustable drags,
which roD.in price from 70 cents to 81. |
They are made Of hard rubber and
brass: Next We have the multiplying
real. from 81 30 upwards. Il 10 good
seller. Every time you turn the crank |
once the spindle revolves twiee -see7
That's beauty. They are constructed |
OF hard rubber and nickel, and brass
Aud German silver combined. The
quA4rupte red, whose spindle revolves |
f0or times while tho crank goes round |
ooce, costs you Al the way from % TO
70. A good many fishssmen are
'crank9 too. Did you ever notice it?
Anotner reel-bux It = hardly worth |
mentlOninR-Which is made down at
indianapolis, multiplies very fast /
eight or ten times-but We don't con-
sider It uocess. Not many of that
Sort are sold. An automatic reel, manu-
faosured at Syracuse, instead OF having
crank, Is wound up by clockwork ma.
ohinery. You touch q spring and the
line 10 whirled in; drawing the line ont
winds the spring up again. The great
advantage claimed for this resl ia that
il holds taut line on q fish. Il costs
from % to e12." H<0
"How much line do We uss? Oh, we'll,
We generally put fifty yards ON for bass
fishing, and twenty-five TO thirty for
trout. In the East, where they haye
- fishinR, they put one hundred yards
On the reel. always carry fifty Yards,
and hardly ever have uss for all OF that.
Once IN Q vhile you will ilnd man
Who wants ono hundred yards, but he
e usually . crank. What do lines cost?
Why, they vary In price, to Be SURE.
There's the oommen line that Ne oil to
the Toys Tor nickel, and there's The
test oiled silk, waterproof, taperinR
line, a twenty-five and 6fty Yards.
werth g nd IS. Lines for any sort Of
fishing don't cost much. 4 good many
meu put On half . waterproof linz to 90
into the water, and splice Il to an equal
length Of linen line. Flies-they are
used for trout and ban 0shing, and cost
twenty cents to 81 each. HalQamites,
cricks1 aEaashopps1 and froes, all q
natural and % large a. life. Those In
dia rubber bAits are for black bass.
There ars very feV people IN this ooun-
try that can take bass with ly. Fly
6ahin0 . the cream Of I'll 1ahinc, Il n
the scientific part Ut the sport. A man
Woald scoTn - taho Oh with a worm
II be could do e With . ~.
All experts prefer the light rod. One
OF our customer took q 26X b pickerol
out Of Bear Lake., Michigan, last week, |
with . dy and an &oonoo rod. Think
Of thAtl Bat b bad 500 fese Of line on |
his reel, - that hs could let Mr.. Fish
play pretty veil. Ny frieud and mysslf |
had good time ct Cedar Lake, Indiana,
two weeks ago. We caught twenty ave
ArRs-moathsd black ban, which aver
AGED three pounda. ] ussd Q lO-ounoe
eplit bamboo rods and spoon hook. |
Light tackle 10 the thing, my boy. The
Skinner spoon bait b tho beoe fer north
western 6ahine, and u IL most In use.
Il il duted spoon trimmed With
feathers. and has the appsarancs Of .
Ay.
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