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Perhaps the ideal fly rod, like the ideal bait-casting rod, would be a single " stick " but such a construction would not fit in well with American fishing conditions — imagine rushing for the 1 :4O with a nine or ten foot rod case! The same objection, but in less degree, applies to the rods of two pieces of equal length, which are popular in Europe. The average American fly rod is made in three pieces — butt, middle joint and tip, with an extra tip — and this seems to meet with general approval.
Wells maintains that the proper form is the three piece rod with an independent handle, his reason being that it enables the angler to turn his rod from time to time and thus equalize the strain and avoid a " set." It is a reasonable theory. " Tourist rods " are usually made up of three tips, two middle joints, two butt joints and an independent handle, for use when the angler goes into the wilderness far from the tackle repair shops. Naturally a rod of this type is expensive. 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.
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