250 BOOK OF THE BLACK BASS. 



reel. It is constructed with a hard rubber frame, German- 

 silver spool and fittings, steel pivot and cap, center action, 

 and with an adjustable click. It is very light and of a 

 graceful and practicable shape, and multiplies three times. 

 By using the click it answers well for fly-fishing. 



It is a very easy-running and rapid-working reel, being 

 second, only, in this respect to the famous Frankfort reel, 

 though unlike the latter, is not so likely to overrun, and, 

 on this account, is to be preferred by many anglers, who 

 find it difficult to control, with the thumb, the very free 

 action of that reel. Besides it is furnished at about half 

 the price of the Frankfort reel, and is, withal, lighter. 

 Nos. 3 and 4 are the best sizes for the Black Bass angler. 



No Reel. 



Those who, from any cause, can not manage a muhiply- 

 ing reel, might adopt the "Thames" style of bait-easting, 

 which is much in vogue in England, in which the reel is 

 dispensed with. The line is made fast to the butt of the 

 rod, and carried through the guides or rings. AYhen ready 

 for a cast, the line is pulled back through the guides, and 

 laid in coils at the feet of the angler, leaving twelve or 

 fifteen feet of line hanging from the tip of the rod. Our 

 angler then grasps the line a few feet from the sinker and 

 bait, gives it a few rapid whirls around his head, and casts 

 it as far as he can, the rod in the meantime being held 

 firmly in the left hand, and pointing toward the water. 

 Long casts can be made in this manner, and the line re- 

 trieved more rapidly than by the aid of any reel, but to 

 the expert reel angler the game would not be worth the 

 candle. 



