THE CASTING REEL 77 



taken issue with me, not understanding my viewpoint 

 and object. 



As always, I grant that a sportsman will be a 

 sportsman, a gentleman a gentleman, irrespective of 

 the tools used. Let that stand as an axiom. How- 

 ever, if the angler can by any means afford it, let 

 him possess a reel bearing the name of a firm that 

 stands for quality first. Cut out the pipe and cigars 

 if need be and purchase a good winch ; you will never 

 regret it. Have your name engraved upon the head- 

 plate, so that you can hand it down to your son or 

 your daughter, for, please God, we are going to 

 raise a breed of women to whom the kiss of the sun 

 will be more welcome than that of the flatterer 

 and care for it with all the loving affection of which 

 you are capable. My word for it, it will never fail 

 you. What was that? "What reel shall I pur- 

 chase?" I can not say, but write me any time, stat- 

 ing your needs and I will gladly drop any task to 

 advise you. 



Undoubtedly I shall be accused of repeating in 

 this chapter just what I have been saying from the 

 beginning and in the outdoor press for the last ten 

 years, but that fact shall not deter me if by so doing 

 I may reach and influence some angler to treat his 

 winches with greater respect. Perhaps some reader 

 will think that my assertion "More depends upon 

 care bestowed than upon the make" an exaggera- 

 tion, but I insist that it is demonstrable fact. I still 



