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are thus entirely protected, TIio red is perfectly sym- 

 metrical ill form, and very strongly, thougli neatly and 

 lightly made, of German silver. 



Wm. Mills & Sou manufacture a very novel combined 

 click and multiplying reel, Avhich is eminently Avell adapted 

 for fly-tishing. A reference to the illustration -will show 

 that its peculiar mechanism consists in an application of 

 the principle of the epicycloidal -wheel. The invention 

 consists of a fixed ring," with teeth on the inside, attached 

 to the frame of the reel ; a spur Avheel upon the shaft of 

 tlie spool; and a pinion errgaging with said toothed ring 

 and ■wheel. The pinion is riveted to the outside plate 

 (which is a revolving disk) of the reel, to which is also af- 

 fixed the handle. By this arrangement the gearing is all 

 in the same plane, and the spool moves in the same direc- 

 tion as the handle, only three times as fast, thus making it 

 a treble multiplying reel. 



The automatic drag of this reel is also a novel feature. 

 The central pinion is countersunk to admit a coiled watch 

 spring Avith a ratchet or pawl on its free extremity, Avhich 

 engages Avith shallow cogs, or cams, on tiie end of the axis 

 of the spool. As the line is pulled off the spool, it is re- 

 tarded somewhat by this ratchet-wheel, the same as by a 

 click ; but in reeling up the line the ratchet and cogs arc 

 inoperative, and the line is reeled rapidly and without 

 hindrance. 



Thus it has all the advantao;es of a sino;le click reel, with 

 a protected handle, to which is added its value as a triple 

 multiplier. It is constructed entirely of metal, and is a 

 very light and compact reel. 



