CONTENTS 



PART I 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. THE BAIT CASTING ROD 3 



General Remarks 3 



Rod Material 8 



Number of Joints 20 



Mountings 28 



II. THE CASTING REEL 36 



History . 36 



Mechanism and Material .... 39 



Aristocratic Reels 44 



Free-Spool Reels 50 



Self-Thumbers ....... 55 



Freak Winches 67 



Attachments 71 



Care of the Reel . . A . . . . 74 



III. TERMINAL TACKLE &-& 82 



IV. CASTING LURES >i > . 91 



Underwater Lures . . . . Ill 



V. HOUSING THE TACKLE 118 



VI. REPAIR KITS AND METHODS ..... 127 



PART II METHODS 



I. A FIRST LESSON IN CASTING 145 



II. LANDING TOOLS AND How TO USE THEM 156 



