Favorite Fish and Fishing 



The Reel on pon fishing, and also with the very short 

 °^ rod used in overhead casting for black bass, 



to place the reel on top with the handle to 

 the right. While that plan is, in most cases, 

 a matter of choice or habit, it is essentially 

 wrong. Neither multiplying or click reels 

 were intended to be used in that position, 

 and because some anglers prefer to place 

 them so is no argument that it is right. 



The Reel Placing the reel on the top of the rod, on 



Underneath -. • i i • i ■, • i j 



a line with the guides, and grasping the rod 

 loosely where it balances, the reel naturally, 

 and in accordance with the law of gravita- 

 tion, turns to the under side of the rod. No 

 muscular effort is required to keep it there, 

 as is the case where the reel is used on top, 

 w^hich with heavy reels is considerable. The 

 reel and guides being on the under side 

 when playing a fish, the strain is upon the 

 guides, and is equally distributed along the 

 entire rod, while with the reel guides on top 

 the strain is almost entirely on the extreme 

 tip of the rod, and the friction is much 

 greater. 



With the multiplying reel underneath 



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