The Popular recreator. A key to in-door and out-door amusements .. (1873)
London, New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter & Galpin · leaf 58
ether perch, chub, roach, rudd, dace, gudgeon, or otherof the fish delineated below (Fig. 2) accept the proffered dainty.And as, to avoid any squabbles with landowners, I prefer keepingto the towing or public footpath, it is very often necessary tomake a far cast, for fish of any size will usually… … Fig. 2. In the purchase of a rod, the chief thing, next to soundmaterial and workmanship, is the balance. A good rod shouldrest fairly in the hand when grasped, neither dipping at the buttnor above it, and such a rod may be held all day with scarcelyany fatigue, provided there is little or no wind.…
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