The trunk, suitcase or " Sunday" rod is made in four, five or six pieces for compactness and extreme portability. Its action, because of the number of ferrules is likely to be impaired somewhat and such a rod is recommended only when circumstances make it imperative. I know an angling parson who toted one
of these rods in the tail of his frock coat when going about his parish and many a lusty fish he " snaked " out of wayside streams. The combination rod, consisting of a number of joints to be used interchangeably to make either a bait or fly rod, is a handy tool on canoe trips where weight and space are matters of great moment, and when one wishes to cast both bait and fly, but it is generally the fly rod end of the combination that is least satisfactory.
