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heavy and more expensive than the block, but answers admir- 

 ably, and its advantages are particularly apparent when the 

 angler has to use his rod from pier or shore and wishes to cast 

 out some distance. In place of the ring next the reel, there is 

 a metal sheave and two little metal supports into which it is 



JONES'S ROLLER RING 



SHEAVE IN LIEU OF LOWEST 

 RING (ACTUAL SIZE) 



carefully countersunk. Here the friction is considerable, and 

 a roller of some kind is very necessary. The sheave and its 

 supports are shown in the illustration. 



There are many kinds of rod rings made for use between 

 the two end rings ; but, patents notwithstanding, none, so far 

 as I have discovered, is in actual use better for this parti- 



SNAKE RING 



cular rod than the snake ring, which is a double misnomer, for 

 it is not a ring nor does it take the shape of a snake. There 

 is simply a curved piece of wire beginning slightly on one 

 side of the centre of the rod and ending on the other ; but 

 the illustration already given repeated here for the reader's 

 convenience will explain it better than any written description. 



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