CHAPTEE IV. 



A DRY-FLY OUTFIT (continued). 



THE winch I use is a silent multiplier, of which. I 

 have many, made specially to order, and I must be 

 credited with the courage of my opinion in saying 

 that for lightness, moderate cost, and the speed with 

 which it veers out, or winds in, an ample length of 

 dressed line, I prefer it to all the other sorts I have 

 ever tried. The speed may be increased if desired 

 by partly filling the drum, if small, with a coil of 

 tow or spare line, or it would be an improvement to 

 enlarge the drum by ventilating space around it, 

 I am well aware that there is a prejudice against 

 the multiplying winch, chiefly, I think, by young 

 modern anglers who have seldom if ever tried it, 

 and because recent inventions more easily manu- 

 factured have been so persistently brought forward 

 and advertised. It is considered old-fashioned, and 

 is now so nearly obsolete that it is not even 

 mentioned in most of the trade lists, but it may 

 still be obtained at a few shops or made to order. 

 The principle is a good one, and if improvements 

 in its manufacture were effected by such a firm as 



