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unprotected handles, etc. Metal reels are the strongest, 

 and not so liable to injury as rubber or celluloid, in case 

 of accidentally dropping, or striking them against rocks, 

 etc.; though the latter are much lighter, and with ordinary 

 care are just as serviceable. 



There has been a very marked improvement in click- 

 reels during the past few years, the manufacturers seeming 

 to vie with each other to produce the lightest, neatest, 

 comeliest, and most serviceable reel. 



Abbey & Imbrie make a superb reel, the "Abbey," 

 composed of hard rubber, with German silver spool, rim 

 and fittings; it is extremely light and has a protected 

 handle to prevent fouling of the line in casting, and is 

 first-class in every respect. Nos. 3 and 4, the latter being 

 the smaller, are the proper sizes. The " Imbrie " reel, 

 also made by this firm, although a multiplier — and a 

 most excellent one, by the way — has an adjustable click 

 which allows of its being used also for fly-fishing. And 

 the angler who is the fortunate possessor of one of these 

 reels, Nos. 4 or 5, can use it in Black Bass fishing for 

 either his minnow-rod or fly-rod. 



^Ir, C. F. Orvis, of Manchester, Vermont, has patented, 

 and manufactures, a simple, durable, and inexpensive 

 click-reel. It is very narrow, consequently takes up line 

 quite rapidly, while the frame and disks of the spool are 

 freely perforated, which renders it quite light, and assists 

 very much in drying the line, and in keeping it free from 

 sand and grit. Its low price, brings a good reel within 

 the reach of the most impecunious angler. 



Wra. Mills & Son's (7 Warren Street, New York) reels 

 are unexcelled, either brass, German silver or rubber; they 

 are fitted with protecting bands to prevent the line from 

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