62 PRACTICAL BAIT CASTING 



tournament grade reels, or one can be made by fitting 

 pieces of cork on the spindle of the reel as described 

 in Perry Frazer's book, "Fishing Tackle." 



A simpler method which we have found very satis- 

 factory, is as follows: 



On the bare spindle of the reel, attach the line to 

 be used, reel it up and tie on the end some old line. 

 Reel on the old line until the spool is filled, making al- 

 lowance for swell. Now pull off both lines and re- 

 verse, or put the old line on first. When this is all 

 wound on tightly and evenly, cut off the end line, this 

 being done to ascertain how much of the old line is to 

 be used as the filler. 



Then take one inch adhesive tape and wrap tightly 

 around the old line. Three strips, one on each end 

 and one in the middle, the latter over-lapping, will 

 be about right. Now give the adhesive tape three coats 

 of shellac and when dried, you have a good, hard 

 water-proof arbor. The casting line, of course, is 

 tied to this arbor. The advantage of this style is the 

 fact that it can be removed with a sharp knife if one 

 wants to troll or use more line than ordinarily, and 

 that it can be put on without taking a reel apart. 



Still another method we have heard of but never 

 tried is to use common wrapping twine for a filler 

 and to soak it in melted paraffine. This, of course, can 

 only be done by removing the spool from the reel. 



Practically all reels nowadays are made with bal- 

 anced handle, rather than a common crank, the idea 

 being that they run more smoothly. The position of 



