THE PIKE. 



inside of back-plate and a metal inner revolving 

 plate prevent all possibility of sticking, without 

 adding any perceptible weight to the reels, which 

 are manufactured in five sizes, from 3 ins. diameter 

 up to 5 ins. 



Messrs. Carter and Co., St. John Street Road, 

 have made winches of various sizes according to 

 special suggestions of mine, and placed them on 

 the market as " The Jardine Reels " They are 

 constructed of metal and vulcanite. Eight wires 



are riveted between the 

 revolving plates, forming 

 a framework round the 

 barrel, thus increasing its 

 size considerably and the 

 rapidity with which line 

 can be wound up. The 

 larger sizes of 3^ ins. and 

 4! ins. diameter, for pike- 

 fishing, have a check- 

 action, hold from 100 to 

 1 20 yards of line ; they 



have worn well and never required repairing, al- 

 though I have had them in constant use for fifteen 

 years. With these reels I have killed my largest 

 pike. The smaller winches of same construction 

 2| and 3 ins. diameter with a light check-action 

 are excellent for trout and grayling fishing, and 

 revolve so sweetly that a rising fish may be struck 

 "off the winch" without the slightest risk of break- 

 ing the gut, however fine and delicate the gut-cast 

 may be. The perforations are now carried right 

 through all the plates, whether of metal or vulcanite, 

 thus reducing the weight and helping to air and 

 dry the line. 



THE '' JARDINE" REEL. 



