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| | How Long is the Perfect Rod? |
 | | For the Salmon, the rod should not be of more than eighteen, or less than sixteen feet; the longer is apt to be a little cumbrous, and deftly to wield a double-handed Salmon-rod, during a whole summer-day, requires no small practice of the muscles. |
 | | A rod should not be under twelve feet in length, and I would rather have it six inches over, or so made with duplicate top and third joints as to make it either twelve or twelve feet six, though my longest rod is only twelve feet and two inches long. |
 | | Such a rod is about eleven feet long, and is made of split bamboo, or a combination of ash and lancewood, and should weigh from seven to nine ounces. |
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