FISHING REELS 



different sizes, of metal or metal and hard rubber 

 combined. My collection embraces reels from 

 1*4 to 4^ inches in diameter of disk-plate. 

 Among them are works of art by Milam, Meek, 

 and Sage for black bass fishing, and by Julius Vom 

 Hofe for striped bass, tarpon, and tuna. Their 

 price varies from twenty to sixty dollars, — not an 

 extravagant amount when their method of con- 

 struction is considered. Nothing could be finer 

 than the workmanship exhibited, and the most 

 careful and honest attention is given to every de- 

 tail of finish and adjustment. With ordinary care 

 they will last a lifetime. I have seen Kentucky 

 reels that have been in constant use for more than 

 half a century. 



The teeth of the wheel and pinion of multiply- 

 ing reels are cut horizontally by nearly all makers. 

 The Meek reel and the Henshall-Van Antwerp 

 reel, however, have the teeth cut obliquely, on the 

 theory that there is less lost motion and more 

 power in this plan of gearing. I have never been 

 able to determine whether there is any real advan- 

 tage, however, over the horizontal method of 

 cutting the teeth. 



I once saw an old Snyder reel that had the ends 

 of the shaft bevelled, and which fitted into corre- 

 sponding recesses of pivots that screwed into the 

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