64 SALMON AND TROUT. 



The last point is the check mechanism, shown in drawing, 

 fig. 2, which ought to. be simple, and at the same time easily 

 accessible accessible, that is, without any ' taking to pieces ' 

 of the reel. In my ' combined reel ' the check machinery is 

 merely covered by a hinged lid (A, B, A), sufficiently close- 

 fitting to be practically water-tight, while admitting of being 



1 PENNELL ' SALMON REEL, FIG. 2. 



Outside of left-hand plate, showing check mechanism and cover. 



opened at once by giving the catch, c, a turn with the point of 

 a knife-blade. 



The genesis and * genealogy ' of the reel are detailed in 

 previous editions. Suffice it to say now that as here presented 

 it combines both practically and theoretically every ' thinkable ' 

 requirement for a perfect salmon reel, fit, as the saying is, to go 



