The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-18

OF late years. Split bamboo h nd-assem-
hied rods. ranging In price from e2s to 500,
are now only Tor the f%ancifuily wealthy or
incurably extravagant. They arc good
rods, OF course. none better, but rods Of
much Ices cost will give - much s~atisfac-
ton and do as good service and last a. IonR.
In tho matter OF reels there 10 q diversity
OF opinion. Thee beautiful articles hay.
come ordinarily to be valued by the num-
Der OF jewels IN them. just as the works
OF q watch are valued. lndeed. a reel
costing from SO TO SIS - nearly ~ delicate
as "a watch
As to It's s~erviceability. tina, is another
question. II will do good work, Of course.
but no better than n ten-dollar reel made
by an honest and ~coinp-fent man. There
n a rsnse Of satisfaction Ia owning an ell.
pensive reel Ne there u satisfaction in own
Ing a costly and ornate watch or shotgun.
but only Ia giving this seus e 81 satisiac
ton IL u superior To the cheaper article,
A reel should be strong. should be quad
ripple multiplying, should run with the
minimum of friction and should have a
wide spindle. When these qualities are
embodied in it-and they are all 10 he had
In tho ten-dollar artiCle-there Ia nothing
more to be gained. whether IL contains one
ruby or fifty
No reel will do good work unless IL Ia
kept In condition, and To do this IL j. nece~-
sary Ia remove the cap and give II a drop
OF oh when the days work II ended There
are reels ola the market by several makers
which are nick.l-plated. white-hanrlesi,
wide-spindled, quadruple multiplying, T.
cheCkei and dragged, and run a. freely a.
Possible They cost from 81 80 Ia ~, and,
- iar as q seasons work or two seasons
work II concerned, are as good a. any
thing that ever came out Of Kentucky at
any price whatever. They are not. OF
course 80 durable IA the finer reels.
For q b~ait-caSting outht there IL nothing
better than a sik-foOt steel rod OF proisT
plisbility, ono of thee reels. any one Of
the standard silk lines and a spoon or sinker
Of sufficient weight With them the aver
- angler IL able to get a distance 81 a
hundred feet, and that j. far enough. With
IL a man Ia a hoRt may fish a circle 81 water
sixty-hvc wards In diam~ter.
Some men incline 70 casting ruds eight
feet long. and some shorten their rods 90
five feet. tut the-~ are eStretne. not Ia he
recommended. From six to SIX and a half
feet IL \ good fneiium.
Tho longer the rod IA the more force an
angler gets INTO his cast ard the longer II
10 the more difficult Z l. 10 handle and the
more ant IL II "a ht eak This outfit. rod.
To had IA any city for a ten-dollar hiu,
and a lover e h~h and nature should get
81 ,Qvn worth r pleasure oui ~ II.
In lake which contains many lilies. fags,
much Wild rice ~ sutsutfao" grovth- ihe
socialist wo'dlcS- hook - a reC"Ssiiy.
There H. no hook which IL genuinely weed
lcss, hut that which hears tho adjective
Will not l,suuc cutan gl-d oue-haIf ~
often n the ordinary kind.
For lass lurking among pads or rce 81
n still ~pIing afternoon there - no moro
deadly In" than a No = spoon from which
TN. gang ui thrc,, hooks has been removed
and 10 ~ place a needless hook substituted
upon Which a MIN j. iuI@icd lie
ha-s -'-ifg 'his lufc - n l. RAPIDLY r'NelFd
iu "icyc. that there are two mtrnuw-,
q, 4. .B..tRr tla .fIns mud AfTtlR. Al thFfn
iWIaTttaiiv. II N" lnss either pu'-u"r
~ fugitive viii taste equally well, ara
whichcN.r II -ifike- AZ " Nil frd the ho"t
Som" AK r'~ hIN" complained hat 90"
v'--ila>- hook IL not 80 sure Il acton ~
tho common Uati.ui. and thl- M q o. ''a~ilr"
l. true. h't IN. difference j. not sufficient
to ohs,f IN" advantages Oi the N-'-i-
la inp.c'' rut Indeed. with II many
waters At" practicable which AZ" npue-
rll!s to the hook whose barb T. ut guarded
Their nave le.n books vrt. telling
the man IA the beat how 20 ca ttit hut
there never Va- "A took equal to une-hall
hour ~ practice his - even more true oi
fly casting
ANY mar who has tho tolls can u.e his
backward irr a ground ana pick up "a great
deal before going To- the lake, though he
cannot learn tu cast away from the water
any mote than h" can learn 10 swim u ~
To sav that only the forearm ana
WRIT should he greatly used, the upper part
~ Nv WI vi NV 'h"F
UraCti"r will bring the proper pr'-sur" OF
tn. thubb uJpn the line, which grow- 10 ts~
or mechanical, though the best
~ casters will occasionally overuIn and get
their silk into n SuaTl.
1ne"NJerrUoe l man ~ The boat, frating
twc'ty Nari- ou' from lie etr" e N"
Ills pads and -uNfclelilv "yn' 20 have
con l"goc IN Nim-el' md 1NDNu v"NatiDus
tar gie>. will cast and cas- dgai.. t'-'iu = b.
swiftly or slowly a. fancy dictates and al
ways permitting his halt 20 sink veil down
before starting u upon it, Journey boat
ward. Wheu - strike j. mad" he will keep
a q yht line until hi prey Is IN the dipping
net.
Tho sun sinks ard tho -hao va 0f'h"'r-e-
l.ggthel until they reach tsr go he
lake. 4 hi ehshC' IN Win, AID A" nt-
hv VIII sharp grAitug cry. Near'o'h- pad-
tle'. - 90 swirl a. a grent muskailuuge
r.aS. r.li- lazily uNcr and ~iikS.
There = a shimm"-iug - white Nav
iusect. q' about. A. he du-k draws ou n
chill -I' &c. lruuRh m" stout h-htrg coat.
4 leaNv ~ l-h--Vi-h iu che ar make him
glance upward to see a huge blue heron,
with putCur,'d mock ard a. gIlar wiugs,
e. lumuerlug past.
The. a. lc turns tho blunt PROV camp
ward aud lends ~ the short heavy cars
n sharp whistle marks the flight - a teal,
a black hall shooting by iu be darkening
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