Stri/>c,i Bass Fishing- 



stops the revolutions 

 of the reel, and has 

 the satisfaction of 

 seeing the bait fall 

 well out into the 

 water, and feels and 

 sees his reel all free, 

 and the line on it 

 firm and undis- 

 turbed. Or else 

 his thumb has per- 

 formed its office of 

 checking, by reason 

 of his seeing the 

 outward flight sud- 

 denly and forcibly 

 arrested and his bait 

 flying backward 

 towards the stand, 

 which may always 

 be attributed to over 

 confidence in the 

 reel's condition, and 

 the lack of the pre- 

 caution of unwind- 

 ing and rewinding 

 with care. Or if it 

 is not the first cast, 

 undue haste in 

 winding in to get 



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