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man who loves to feel his fish, and whose blood tingles 

 when his rod bends and his line cuts the water, who revels 

 in that honorable, just feeling, peculiar to all true anglers, 

 when he puts his skill and generalship against the finny 

 beauty's pluck, endurance and strength, could never use and 

 enjoy this style of reel. 



We have, in the next class, the multiplier. This class is 

 as numerous as the sands, and the price varies according to 

 material and workmanship. They are all made after the 

 same style and upon the same principle, viz: a wheel work- 

 ing into a pinion, the pinion attached to the spool multiply- 

 ing twice, four times, or even oftener. Some people are sur- 

 prised when they hear that a fine multiplying reel costs sev- 

 enty-five dollars or one hundred dollars; but when we explain 

 that these extra fine ones are made of coin-silver, with gold 

 slides and trimmings and jeweled bearings, the price does not 

 appear extravagant. 



The material generally used for their construction is brass, 

 hard rubber, and german silver. By german silver, is not 

 meant nickel-plated for this is only a brass foundation, plated 

 over with nickel, and after a short service, the latter rubs off, 

 leaving an unsightly looking surface; but german silver is 

 hard solid metal, the same color clear through, takes a high 

 finish, and is about the best material used for making reels. 



A perfect multiplier requires as much care in its construc- 

 tion and as skilled workmanship as the finest watch; and when 

 you see an announcement that a firm is making an all-machine 

 article, and have done away with "the old-time hand-made 

 principle," you had better not go to this firm, for a lasting 

 companion. 



In 1834, fifty-five years ago, I saw the need of a first-class 

 reel one that could be relied upon, and that would always 

 be found in order, I was then at the watch-making business. 

 I spent several weeks at hard work, and at last finished a 

 reel of as fine workmanship as I was capable of doing. 



