FOREST, LAKE, AND RIVER 



safety band, within which the handle revolves, to 



prevent fouling of the line. 



The balance-handle is a delusion and a snare. 



There is no real advantage in it. In so light 

 a piece of machinery as a 

 fishing reel a balance-handle 

 adds nothing to its efficiency, 

 while it is open to several 

 objections, the most serious 

 of which is the greater possi- 

 bility of fouling the line as 

 compared with the simple 



Click Reel, with Balance-Handle , i 11 Xj _ • 



. „. crank-handle. It is popu- 



ana Protective Rim r r 



larly supposed to aid in the 

 smooth and rapid revolution of the spool ; but if 

 the reel is constructed in a workmanlike manner, 

 such aid is reduced to a minimum. It is one of 

 those theories that is not borne out in practice. It 

 was never designed by a practical angler, and is on 

 a par with the triangle of hooks attached to a 

 trolling spoon, where a single hook is so much 

 better in every way, beside being more humane. 



I have a very fine English salmon reel of 



hard rubber and gun metal that is 4^ inches in 



diameter, 1 x / 2 inches in width, and weighs, with the 



line, 30 ounces. The knob or handle is affixed to 



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