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it into a tin box to let it rattle about like a single 

 loose pea in a large pod, neither do you drop it into 

 a sand-bank and expect it to keep time thereafter 

 without a thorough over-hauling. 



You have no right to treat your reel with any less 

 consideration and respect than you lavish upon your 

 favorite time-piece. Every caster should own two 

 reels at least, of as good grade as he can afford, per- 

 haps one better than the other, so that it will never 

 be necessary to subject the high class reel to the 

 rough work sometimes inflicted upon them. Sup- 

 pose your reel is not securely fastened to your 

 rod and falls into the water I have known it to 

 happen down, down it goes until it rests on sand 

 and mud at the bottom; now you must pull all the 

 line from the spool before you can raise the reel to 

 the surface, obviously that reel should not be used 

 again until it has undergone a thorough cleaning. A 

 single grain of sand in the bearings will ruin a good 

 winch in a short time. 



Just to illustrate the point: Near the close of the 

 bass season a friend and I paid a farewell visit to a 

 justly famous lake. I supplied the tackle from my 

 cabinet. I desired that my friend use a really high 

 class wincii for he inclines to the ancient long pole 

 and fixed line, so I all unwittingly carefully packed 

 one of my best reels in its chamois bag and sole- 

 leather case. Well, at the lake, I assembled the 

 tackle, adjusted the reel, and handed the outfit over 



