Fish and Fishing 



feels with a thirteen-ounce mascalonge rod, made 

 of steel, no qualms of conscience that the fish will 

 be lost; so we hold the rod upright, even if the 

 boat is being towed. 



REELS 



It can hardly be doubted that the American 

 reel as perfected at the present time is in every 

 way everything that the angler could desire, so 

 that few, if any, demand imported reels, as they 

 do flies, gut, lines, and rods. Not only are the 

 reels, as now made, well made, but they are in- 

 genious to a degree, and every season we find 

 some new device or attachment that is really 

 worth while. A reliable, good reel contributes 

 much to the pleasure of angling, especially now 

 that the monster game marine fish are caught in 

 true sportsman-like fashion. 



There are three kinds of reels employed in 

 angling: the click reel, used by and so important to 

 the fly-fisher, the multiplying reel, so 

 Reels ^ ^ necessary to the bait fishermen, and 

 the automatic reel, so useful when 

 angling for gamy fish that run back and forth 

 too quickly for the angler to retrieve in time. 

 There are the "single action," "double mul- 

 tiplying," and "quadruple multiplying" reels; 

 there is also what is known as a "cone-bearing" 

 or "compensating" reel, whereby the "cone 

 screw" is tightened to keep the spool from wab- 

 bling; and a number of " take-a-part " reels, all 

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