CHAPTER V 



REELS, LINES AND LEADERS 



THE choice of the reel and line for trout fly- 

 fishing is a matter of no difficulty whatever 

 of so little difficulty, in fact, that not one 

 angler in twenty uses the proper kind of reel or the 

 right sort of line. All tackle for fly-fishing is highly 

 specialized ; and, while it is true that if you know what 

 you want, proper selection is easy, it is equally true that, 

 since a very large part of the immense variety of tackle 

 is wholly unsuited to fly-casting, it is very easy to make 

 mistakes. Fly-casting as it should be done can be done 

 effectively only with the proper tools ; and one of these 

 tools is 



The Single-action Click Reel. 



Just why the single-action click reel is the only 

 satisfactory implement for the fly-caster can, as regards 

 its chief claim for precedence, be stated with brevity. 

 It is because the single-action reel does not have an 

 outstanding " balance " handle upon which, continually 

 and with devilish insistence, the line is bound to catch. 

 The stream fly-fisherman who has to contend with the 



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