FISHING REELS 



illustration of that prejudice, called by courtesy 

 conservatism, of the British angler, for he was 

 no doubt of Welsh extraction judging from his 

 name and the title of his estate. The old spool 

 figured is i ^ inches wide and long, and may be 

 the spool alluded to, as it came from the archives 

 of Mr. J. L. Sage, an old Kentucky reel maker, 

 who has recently joined the great majority across 

 the silent river. 



The principle of construction of the multiply- 

 ing reel consists of a small pinion on the end of the 

 spool shaft, geared with a larger cog wheel attached 

 to the crank. One revolution of the crank pro- 

 duces two, three, or four revolutions of the shaft, 

 depending on the number of teeth in the wheels ; 

 thus, in a quadruple or four-time multiplier, there 

 are, say, forty teeth in the wheel and ten teeth 

 in the pinion. The multiplying reel is designed 

 especially for casting a bait, and the better the 

 construction of the reel, the longer the resultant, 

 initial cast. The spool is wider than in the click 

 reel to permit the use of the thumb in controlling 

 the running of the spool in making a cast. 



All fine multiplying reels are now made with an 

 adjustable click, in order that they may be util- 

 ized for fly-fishing. Various devices are employed 

 for the purpose. In some, the mechanism is on 



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