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will never again make the assertion that it is the 

 name only which adds to the cost of the reel. There 

 is as much difference between the action of a well 

 built, artistically finished quadruple multiplier, cost- 

 ing from $20.00 up to $50.00, and the $3.00 reel, 

 say, as there is between a double-tapered fly-casting 

 line and an unenameled "twisted fish line. 1 * 



A friend of mine one day picked up one of my 

 high-class reels he is one of the fellows who has 

 always considered a $6.00 winder good enough for 

 any man no matter how rich well, he spun the reel 

 two or three times, held it up to his ear and listened 

 to its even, rythmic purr, then turned it over and 

 over in his hand. "Hum," he said, "had your name 

 engraved on it, I see." Hesitated, looked at me em- 

 barassedly once or twice, awkwardly asked the loan 

 of a casting-rod and disappeared in the direction of 

 the back-yard. When he returned, he lay the beauti- 

 ful thing down reverently and remarked concisely, 

 "Darned if it ain't worth every cent it cost!" I am 

 positive that any fair-minded rodster, after experi- 

 mentation, would agree with the findings of my 

 friend. 



Having said all this is defense of the aristocratic 

 winders, I must hasten to reiterate what I have said 

 again and again in this work and in the outdoor 

 press generally, it is the angler and not the winch that 

 counts. In spite of the impression which I may leave 

 to the contrary, getting men into the open, in touch 



