Image result for fishing rod from 1880's

Chubb Fish Rod Factory

Joseph Boivin 10' 3pc/2mid/3tip Lancewood Fly Rod

VTG 1880s 3PC 9' Cane Fly Fishing Rod Unknown Maker Chubb? Folk Art Story #4

VTG 1880s 3PC 9' Cane Fly Fishing Rod Unknown Maker Chubb? Folk Art Story #4

19th Century Angling Revisited or Part 2 of Fishing for History

Antique fishing rod hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

World Fishing Records That Almost Weren't - Game & Fish

Fly fishing - Wikipedia

1880s British fishing rod marked on brass butt end: Challenge, A.W. Gamage Ltd, London., Split bamboo, three sections., Butt end: 41½”L, Middle

0409:: 1880s Fishing. Rod: A.W. Gamage London, 3-piece split bamboo: 119½”L

This 1880s view of bank fishing in the Columbia shows three fishermen, two of them displaying what I'd call fairly small fish.

Salmon Fishing, Upper Columbia River - c. 1885

Date Facet Yearly Ssim:1880 to 1889 - Digital Commonwealth Search Results

XP 702 S Light Spinning Rod 6-10lb Moderate