SPINNING WITH A SALMON REEL 371 



The radial direction is altering at each second of the rod 

 action, and therefore if the cord of an arc were drawn from 

 a point A in the circle described by the radial movement of 

 the top rod, one inch to the right of the point T, which is 

 situated at a right angle to the direction D, (Diagram 24), 

 to a point A one inch to the left of T, the direction of AA 

 would indicate the direction of its tangential force, and a 

 lure suddenly liberated from a point T in this action would 

 fly off in the direction of D, parallel to C D. 



DIAGRAM 24. 



Showing the direction taken by a lure liberated at T, when it is not 

 subjected to centripetal influence. 



In spinning with an Illing worth reel or a Malloch reel, 

 this is practically what happens, for the only retardation 

 is one which is due to the frictional contact of the line 

 with the rings of the rod,* and that made in passing over its 

 own turns on the spool. The rod force therefore culminates 

 at T, and the lure liberated there will fly off in the tangential 

 line AA, the slight retardation above mentioned being the 

 direction of the lure round and towards D. 



If, however, the lure be not liberated in the true meaning 

 of the term, retardation of some sort must occur. 



* This is noticeably so with the Malloch reel, for the spool or drum of the 

 reel, on which the line is wound, is from three to four inches in diameter, and as 

 the line is rapidly drawn off the spool in the axial direction, a running spiral 

 curve in the line is created, and a considerable check occurs as these coils pass 

 through the guiding rings of the reel. 



