CHAPTER IX 



REELS, LINES AND ARTIFICIAL BAITS 



SIMPLICITY is the keynote of the bait-caster's 

 outfit and is, moreover, one of the potent rea- 

 sons for the popularity of this angling method. 

 The tackle for bait-casting is far simpler than that re- 

 quired for fly-casting or general bait-fishing for bass. 

 Rod, reel, line, and a few artificial baits which may 

 be easily carried in a small tackle box are, with the 

 exception of a few general angling tools, all that is 

 required. But in the case of reel and line your choice 

 must be made carefully. With the right tackle bait- 

 casting is a matter of little difficulty; with the wrong 

 tackle it is an impossibility. Only one sort of reel 

 and one sort of line can be used successfully for bait- 

 casting. 



The Reel. 



Bait-casting can be properly done only with a quad- 

 ruple multiplying reel. For fly-fishing the reel, pro- 

 vided the right kind is used, is a very secondary af- 

 fair. In bait-casting the reel is the most important 

 item in the entire outfit. You can rig up guides on 

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