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place as the most popular method of fishing, because 

 it is easy to learn and generally gets the fish. There 

 is nothing mysterious about the q-m; it simply means 

 that the gears are toothed to make four revolutions 

 of the spool of the reel to one revolution of the 

 handle. This increases the speed of recovering the 

 line with the least amount of hand work. In shape 

 the reel should be of the long, low spool design, the 

 ordinary 6o-yard reel having end plates of 2 inches 

 in diameter and the 8o-yard reel 2*4 inches. A reel 

 of this size is plenty large enough for any bait cast- 

 ing and the long, low spool design aids in the thumb- 

 ing of the line. 



When selecting a reel you will make no mistake 

 in choosing one made of German silver, which is by 

 all odds the best material used in the construction 

 of bait-casting reels. A reel made of German silver, 

 with all pinions, bearings and working parts of fine 

 tempered steel is a piece of machinery that will stand 

 up under any conditions. No matter if the reel be 

 one of the low-priced ones, if there is a square 

 manufacturer's name behind it, and it is made on 

 the above specifications and given the care and at- 

 tention it should have, it will last indefinitely. After 

 one has learned bait casting and knows how to treat 

 the reel and desires something with a classy look, 

 include in your kit one of the combination rubber 

 head and tail plates and German silver reels. This 

 reel, however, requires careful handling as the rubber 



