ANGLING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12897, 31 August 1907, Page 7

ANGLING NOTES.

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HINTS POR.BBGI_nSERB.~I. \'.^i§< Let us say thai our intention is to ~'v. $? become * fisherman, and that we hope ]":'%s to make our initial effort at the com- " \ : ' ; 3 menoement of tie coming season. This ' }•! can easily ba carried out, barring toci- - S, dents, but to bo buoobsbM ia not quite ■■'.'.} such a haphazard business at many people suppose. Some preparations ; and method aro absolutely neoessary if on© does not wish to join the ranks of those who begin wrongly, and make ■..""■=; little progress. Therefono a few hints, : ;i given with all due deference, from my '';.': own experience, so that my own mistakes shall be avoided may help "Vena- v tor in his early attempts. ; Tho outlay on tackle is often a primary consideration, and I will try to advise, with a proper regard for economy, so far as it fits in with use, * In buying a rod, if it ia for minnow fishing, got a well balanced, eenaonedgreonheart, between 18 and 14 feet, in length, which should cost from forty '.'• to fifty shillings. A larger rod is <xnS reepondingly heavy, and very tiring to "% use. To flog away for hours with a long, heavy rod is merely taxing _hle cnduranco of tho wielder, who is often half dead before he hooks a fish. Of '%■"} courso tho best minnow, or I should " ;■ | say, spinning rod, is a cane-built steel '; centred contrivance, costing; say £10, but I never had one of my own, and •'■'; have got on very woll without. A ■.'. friend one© kindly lent ma his, but : with, so many directions for its care and upkeep, that I became alarmed, and to tell tho truth left it at home- , and took my own greenhoart instead. '■..-.""'■■ See that any. rod you buy has upright rings of some kind, so that the line may ; V;.; run through freely, and also that tha ■: ;Vsk reel grip, is what is called |the "Uni-.; "■;;: versal winch fitting." This means that > .;;'i a reel of any size may bo fastened, on. :"• ..._ without any of the bother of tying Wdf-'. cutting, which has frequently fallen to > my share with a rod litted for aireel.i::/; t . . of a particular sine. ■ '■■' ii.'; I do not think a fly and spinning rod ..;''.;'. can bo oombined with much-•atirfao«.'f > r;:>| tion, the good points it may have'for the one style aro gonenally bad for.tha other, and if possible it ia bsrt to .ha**.,'...;. : a rod for eadh, or to go in for only th«:•£:*f&s one form of fishing. Either a fly :«r'i.f spinning rod will do for woim and so will a manuka rail, for tha«.'_^,P| matter, but wo may loavo' that .itlM'i tion for the moment. Ten feet is 'tha :h*sp most serviceable length for a, fly and perhaps is the b_rt w_M-% _■$ for its construction. Greenheart is mopt equally good, but *hmb: mmmmlwbMm in very fine lengths, as in the <»*•_» _$raj fly tops, it is apt and also to warp,. I, _iiri.-irW-:irßb*g|« bing on vaseline to prevent _»B: : fta«' ; ipxl getting brittle, and it the purpose very weU.. : ':ln < ''<«MMMuie , M 4 vAj rod it is most important'that of the wood ahall ( run ; not across'the f-lwtii I*'1 *' • Bifiiltf »mk" '■ wtl__fl_ often badly taken in owr ; rod,' and if an *rperimri, friend is not at' choice, the wisest culty m to go H*'-^ k^i«^*_''; Witlll||H a reputation to keep. you want a Waihaba W.'_r*«_i^)C ; |M| fly rod, about ten feet k_ig, with'«n«k«'f*i or bridge;rings, -UnivetW:wh_JT_W-'i!M tings, and a cork ■grip'.:.--That joints together j like this there «• Take tih© top middle joint in the**At; *_* W'fbMWSfflM together; then, holding tha..'i«3_33_llSll nieces in the loft /Now, holding tAe rod in a position,.- .with fasten, on * u t 'i^V''-rmli'" : -fr*i__fl_iMiffliffl ready to your right _a_di.*l|ti.'w of the r_l will be quite what.it was with^t' : it is oomforUble.v; >; lf.the. &WmWmWmM heavy, try- »not_er, or:: U'j& T fancy for this particular rod.WMfliiil heavier reel,' -and - See >4_ ibalances the hftSTin_» f. tWJKmfMSS^ ffIH people like a. not, but; it> *, ( Personally I have a fac_7 .111 l est and lightest ;■ we_poa_M careful mansc_)ment. do the work required orthwa. .: is no need to take * catch: half-pound tro river; ...the lighter ths artistic the fishing. 7 .lt what a tiny switch of provided its . user iJiiw i:» how." • My favourite 'came maker at. Hyde £2 '6s. It is made of greenheart.-; When I first nerirmimmWSM rod'l did' not..like"th. took off all tho rings, «to.,= and down from slightly 8 feet 6 inches.: • - Its _ttj7afe__l_l_i and' it _m killed an However, this was an extrrtna mmWmW&M so slight a•' weapon,- and ha rm resulted,: •1 < v should >: rightly, served' ifthe gaff had ended the «ncountf?|;|M^^^| Tho . most- impwtant' thing. member when buying' kone that will balance the«_! A plain metal/-' revolving' f pl*t«_|#tM«|l with a medium check, i» what Two and a half -inches:. is, "*; r &*omWmißm for fly fishing, and 31inchss; : fW;M»;|^^ now work/ Malt»pl/»^J invention of the devil, so 'avoid W&WiWfm you would his sntanic■ mai«_ty ; and attractive. out*. nickel and vulcanite terior mechanism is like that'Off/ij|j!ffjp3__i officer who,has:seen many nVMiHim India—it is l always out of sides that, a reel that four times as fast as »t'shonld;« : to come to a bad - ond. ....%:. flsss^B^