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such as salmon, you should have no multiplying 

 movement. Both kinds, however, should have 

 check or click machinery, which prevents slight 

 catches from pulling the line off. Mind, I don't 

 mean the old fashioned stop, that being quite pass&, 

 although recommended by a modern publication 

 on the subject. The usual kind of winches have 

 an axis on which the line is wound, of from about 

 a quarter to a half inch in diameter ; but the 

 most improved have, instead, barrels of about one 

 inch diameter, so that the very first foot wound 

 on is taken up at the rate of three inches to every 

 turn of the handle, whereby the speed is greatly 

 increased. Mr. Eaton, of Crooked Lane, has 

 the pattern of this kind of winch, which was 

 devised by the eminent sculptor, and devoted fly- 

 fisher, Sir Francis Chantrey. For salmon the 

 plates are about five inches diameter ; and for 

 trout, of about three and a half inches, and they 

 are very narrow between the plates. They are 

 tremendously strong, but certainly rather too 

 heavy, in my humble judgment, and necessarily 

 very expensive ; yet the advantage of speed in 

 winding up is great, and more than counter- 

 balances these objections. If the line you apply 

 to a reel be anywise too short to fill it, you may 

 always add to the thickness of the axis any mate- 

 rial, such as a split cork, or strong twine, and 

 thus gain the advantage in speed of winding up. 



