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and the least bump or jar is taken off with a file by hand. 

 This requires experience and knowledge, and herein lies the 

 superiority of our hand-made gearing. We expend more 

 time and labor on our gearing alone than is used to make 

 a complete machine reel; but after this is done, and done 

 correctly, you are equipped for a life-time. We make eleven 

 sizes, from 00 to 9. The 00 is one and one-fourth inches in 

 diameter, and the 9, three and one-half. Nos. 7, 8 and 9 

 are for Tarpon-fishing and heavy sea-work, while o and 00 

 are fancy sizes, and too small for much heavy angling. Nos. 

 2, 3 and 4 are the sizes most used. We attach a click and 

 drag so that our reels can be used for bait-fishing, fly-fishing 

 or trolling. 



A reel requires a great deal more care than many of them 

 receive. We frequently get them in, for repairs, that have 

 been used ten or twelve years, and that have never been 

 oiled. A reel is a delicate piece of machinery, and requires 

 oil and care accordingly, if you would get the best work out 

 of it. Properly, it should be cleaned and oiled every fall, 

 after the fishing season is over, and every spring before it 

 begins. With a little care, one can clean the reel himself, 

 and save time and money. First get a screw -driver, small 

 enough to fit the screws on face-plate, then take the handle 

 off first, next remove the top screws, theirthe bottom screws. 

 Never touch the alarm and rubber screws; let them alone 

 and they will take care of themselves. They are so arranged 

 that you can get your cap off and not interfere with the 

 blocks. So, be careful, for this is where you are likely to 

 get into trouble, by taking out alarm and rubber blocks and 

 not being able to put them in properly. It is best, as already 

 stated, to let them alone. Now you have all the screws out 

 of the cap, and you find the cap refuses to slip off. See if 

 you have the rubber off; if you have, that is the cause; for 

 the rubber block is under a spring that is screwed to the 

 inside plate, and holds your cap fast ; so slip the bottom, so 



