SPINNING WITH A SALMON REEL 



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Also it must be evident that unless such a delicate 

 checking influence can be placed by means of a lever action 

 on or off the drum at any moment desired by the fisherman, 

 the delicate action of the forefinger directly applied to the 

 rotatory drum, as on the original Nottingham reel, is 

 preferable. 



THE CURVING 

 LUft f ATTACHED TO THE DRUM OF 

 A NOTTINGHAM SPINNING REEL 

 BYALIME LIBERATED AT L6 . 



DIAGRAM 23. 



Showing the passage of a lure when thrown from an ordinary Notting- 

 ham spinning reel. 



DIAGRAMMATIC CONSIDERATION OF SPINNING WITH ANY 

 MAKE OF THE NOTTINGHAM REEL 



In Diagram 23 the spectator is supposed to be above 

 the fisherman, and to be looking downward at the horizontal 

 sweep of his rod and lure. 



In this diagram the rod can be regarded as the radius of a 

 circle, of which C is the centre, T the top ring of the rod, 

 and D the place at which the line has to fall. 



As the body continues in an upright attitude, and as the 



