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THE ROD Historical The " rods " used by the earliest anglers evidently were of native cane of some sort or switches cut " a la small boy " from the stream side. The earliest description of a rod and its making, will be found in Berners* " Treatyse." She goes into detail on the selection and curing of the wood and the making of the rod which, if followed out carefully, would produce a fairly good fishing tool of well seasoned and correctly proportioned wood. The early fly fishermen of Kentucky caught their bass with rods of native reed, 10 to 14 feet in length and weighing from 4 to 6 ounces. Used with the finest line and excellent reels of their own manufacture, it is apparent that their tackle was as light and neat, if not as luxurious, as what we use to-day. |
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