28 LAKE AND STREAM GAME FISHING 



are well made on the lines of the other famous 

 quadruples, with, of course, the added value of being 

 a great little help to the beginner because they put 

 the death sign on the backlashes. 



The South Bend nicks your bank roll to the tune 

 of $9. This is a well-made reel of high polished 

 German silver. The spool and gear journals are of 

 tool steel and built on the long low design considered 

 the best for bait casting. The bushings are of 

 phosphor bronze and the end-thrust is supported by 

 adjustable jeweled spool journal caps that are handy 

 for oiling. The gears are made of solid Tobin 

 bronze, are cut a special hunting tooth, and they 

 should wear until the cows come home. 



SELF-THUMBER OR STRAIGHT CASTER 



On the South Bend Antiback-lash reel there is a 

 small wire across the front of the reel under which 

 the line is threaded. When the cast is made this 

 wire is lifted by the position of the rod and as the 

 line works out, and the lure slows up, the weight of 

 the wire causes the necessary pressure on the spool 

 to slow it up the same as natural thumbing of the 

 line. On the crank side of the reel is a tension screw 

 that can be adjusted with a slight turn to 'accom- 

 modate any weight of lures. By turning the tension 

 screw a little farther you can use the reel as an 

 ordinary caster and at that it will show up with any 

 in its class. 



