The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-05
it is not an ornament and everything

it is not an ornament, and everything
! from 1.-THE silk winnings to the cane OF
rubber butts and german silver mount
ings is there for a purpose and adds to
the utility of the tool. One could have
it mounted with silver or gold, but it
would not be any more useful
Rod makers have tried all the woods
that grow, almost, trying to make an
ideal rod. Next to bamboo the lance
wood rods are the most popular. The
best Lakewood fly rods range in price
from ten dollars to fifteen, and men who
have used all kinds Of rods from the best
split bamboo to a birch or water beech
sapling, prefer to have a $3.50 lance
wood than any split bamboo made. A
lanceWood 'hangs" better than a split
babboo in some hands, and ON the
hang of rod depends good deal of
the pleasure of fishing from the stand
point of a sportsman. The hang" of a
rod is its balance with the indescribable
feel added. With the reel attached,
the rod should balance if rested at the
middle of the hand grip. 1T is top heavy
when the fulcrum is advanced beyond
the grip toward the tip of the rod.
heavy.
Various makers favor various kinds of
woods. All make a special endeavor with
Lakewood and greenheart rods. Noib-
wood is recent tropical addition to rod
woods, and some fishermen like it better
than the long-tried Lakewood.
Reel seats on the rods remain the
same, and the buyer of reel has to
have the seat filed down to fit the clinch-
ing apparatus on the rod. The grips
and reel seats are combined. The grip is
of rubber, celluloid or wood, with metal
reel bands which screw on the reel seat
and clamp it fast The reels are about
the same as ever Some are a trifle
lighter. Others bit heavier. The prin-
ciple of crank which turns a spool
once, twice or four times maintains its
lead, although there are self-winders on
the market, which find favor with fish
ermen who have acquired the knack of
using them. A resi- costs anywhere from
fifteen cents to twenty dollars. A three
dollar double-action reel satisfies most
fishermen. 1t is made of click, click
that is under the control of the fisher
man.
The best line for trout costs four dol
lars hundred yards, but a good kind
costs only two dollars. The lines put
out by any good dealer can be depended
on as worth the price asked. A good
many fishermen use braided linen and
cotton lines, but silk is preferred by
nearly every one, especially silk that has
been oiled or water-proofed. All lines
have to be dried at the end of each days
fishing if it is desired to preserve their
full strength, For this purpose open
reels are sold.
With a dozen varieties of flies, leaders.
rod reel, line a dollar landing net and
a fish basket and dressed in an old suit
of clothes, an old hat and a pair of dol
lar shoes used by longshoremen, the
amateur fisherman can look forward to
a couple of weeks of good sport any
where where there is a stream of fresh
water and few trout in it, especially if
he has an old sportsman for a friend
who will tell and show him some of the
knaeks of the art-how to strike without
breaking the tip, how to wade in swift
running water, and how to tell likely
pool from poor one.-Springfield Re-
publican.