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course retained. The insides of the barrel plates on both sides 

 are. in this later pattern, composed almost wholly of metal, rotating 

 freely on a fixed steel pivot or centre-pin. Attached to the non- 

 revolving (left-hand) plate is a brass frame or cage supporting the 

 horizontal bars, between which, of course, as in ordinary reels, the 

 line passes, whilst this immovable framework is 'recessed' into a 

 groove in the revolving barrel. The object of the revolution of 

 the whole right-hand side-platemade exteriorly of wood is to 

 enable a ' drag ' to be placed upon the running-out of the line, 

 without which, as a means of regulating the length and direction 

 of the cast, casting from the reel in the Nottingham style would be 

 practically impossible. The two portions of the reel readily come 

 apart when it is desired to oil or clean them ; vide top figs, in cut. 



'SUN' NOTTINGHAM REEL. (Patented.) 



A capital variation of Slater's combination reel is the * Sun ' 

 Nottingham reel, either with or without a check, changeable at 

 pleasure. It has on the back plate an inside metal rim, as well 

 as an inner metal revolving plate, which, it is claimed, and 

 I should think fairly, renders any sticking or warping practically 

 out of the question. The sizes in which it is made are : 3 in., 

 3^ in., 4 in., 4^ in., and 5 in. 



A ' Combination ' reel, 4 inches in diameter, of either of 

 the two foregoing patterns is particularly well suited for Lake 



