46 CASTING TACKLE AND METHODS 



with the Spirit of the Out o'doors, is my aim, rather 

 than merely to impart tackle knowledge. 



There are reels costing $3.00, plain every-day 

 winches, that I would not be ashamed to use in the 

 presence of any angler, no matter how perfectly and 

 expensively accoutered he might be. It is not nec- 

 essary to pay an exorbitant price in order to get a 

 good reel, but if you wish to secure the last word in 

 reel construction and finish, you must expect to pay 

 the careful workman for his time and skill. I do 

 not consider a $3.00 reel a "cheap winch," simply, 

 a "low-priced one." There is a nice distinction be- 

 tween cheap and low-priced. It is possible to se- 

 cure a good nickel reel for $3.00, and German silver 

 winches of worth and value in the neighborhood of 

 $6.00. 



Do not think for one moment that you are one 

 whit more an angler because you can afford to put 

 $30.00 or $50.00 into a reel, than though you were 

 compelled by stern necessity to buy a sixty-cent de- 

 partment store winder. I will fish with you, if you 

 will fish with me, no matter what your tackle, provid- 

 ing you play fair, give the bass a chance for his life, 

 and are in rapport with Nature. While I love fine 

 tackle, urge it upon all who can afford it, I desire 

 that you always remember I am not "knocking" the 

 low-priced articles. 



Why should I disparage the medium and low- 

 priced reels, pray? For every angler using a reel 



