32 LAKE AND STREAM GAME FISHING 

 WATCH THE LURE 



Another advantage of the level-winder is that, 

 with its use you can give undivided attention to your 

 lure and the playing of a fish. During the excite- 

 ment of the strike and play a fellow likes to keep 

 his eye on the old " he-wop " tugging for liberty 

 and it's a good bet that in the majority of cases little 

 attention is paid to the level spooling of the line. 



Unless the line is spooled evenly no amount of 

 skill in thumbing the outgoing line will entirely avoid 

 backlashes, and even the fisherman who enjoys the 

 pleasure of thumbing the line and does not care to 

 use a mechanical assistant as a helper will find the 

 level-winding reel a mighty handy tool to make his 

 casting days more delightful. One will often hear 

 a class of fishermen explode with an awful roar when 

 any fishing tool having an improvement to eliminate 

 some of the so-called " art " of angling is mentioned. 

 This bunk, however, must be taken with a few of 

 the proverbial grains of salt and the fisherman who 

 wishes to pass up the most tiring part of fishing, 

 spooling the line, need look no farther than the level- 

 winding reel. And when you take a flier at the fall 

 fishing, with the water fairly cold, it sure makes a 

 hit with even the ultrapurist. 



THE ORIGINAL LEVEL-WINDER 



The original level-winder is the Shakespeare. 

 This reel is the product of the gray matter of 



