THE LEVEL-WINDING REEL 



Getting down to the secret of the cause of back- 

 lashes, Old Scout, you will find that thumbing the reel 

 improperly is a secondary fault and that the real rea- 

 son for those little mixed-up jumbles of line is that 

 the line has been spooled in poor shape after making 

 the preceding cast. Even spooling of the line is the 

 best insurance against backlashes. At the same time 

 it is to some fishermen a mighty tiring game, and 

 many a fervent prayer has been uttered by the finger- 

 weary bait-tosser for a level-winding reel. 



To the fellow who has never enjoyed the pleasure 

 of a backlash, and to the expert who never gets 'em, 

 the following system will be found a sure producer of 

 a backlash that will make a Chinese puzzle look like 

 a straight line. Just in an offhand sort of way reel 

 in your line without noticing it, let it pile up on the 

 spool until it humps in the center and clings lovingly 

 to one of the end plates, then make your cast, and we 

 guarantee a beautiful, classy backlash that will pro- 

 duce more cuss words to the square inch than any 

 other part of the fishing game. Now that you have 

 at last experienced a backlash, common to us ordi- 

 nary bait-tossers, it is easy to realize just what the 

 level-winding reel eliminates in the sport of casting. 



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