CHAPTER IV 

 THE REEL 



THE reel is the most important part of the bait 

 caster's outfit it is the part that does most of 

 the actual work. The amount of this work 

 sometimes is terrific six or eight hours continuously 

 of casting and retrieving on "hard" days. The reel 

 for bait casting must be free running and geared so 

 its action is sustained for a considerable period. Al- 

 though a few 3 -ply reels are used, the quadruple mul- 

 tiplier is the favorite. In a quadruple multiplying 

 reel the spool revolves four times to one turn of the 

 handle, this being obtained by the number of teeth in 

 the driving gear and the pinion. 



Mechanically, the multiplying reel is very simple, 

 considering the work it accomplishes. There is a small 

 gear, the pinion, on the end of the spool shaft or "hub/* 

 which engages with the gearing of the wheel or driv- 

 ing gear attached to the shaft of the handle. Depend- 

 ing on this gearing, the spool turns two, three, or four 

 times, making a double, triple, or quadruple multi- 

 plying reel. For example, ten teeth in the pinion and 

 forty in the driving gear would give four turns of 

 the spool to one of the handle. 



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