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will last a man a lifetime it is better to procure at first a 

 really reliable one. A bad or cheap reel is a nuisance, and 

 as they are now made to perfection there is no excuse for 

 using an inferior article. The materials used in making 

 fishing reels are gun metal, brass, ebonite, aluminium, and 

 various kinds of hard wood. Metal and ebonite are princip- 

 ally used for trout and salmon reels, and wood for bottom 



CHECK REEL, WITH REVOLVING PLATE. 



or still water fishing. The ebonite, bound with German 

 silver, forms a very light and serviceable reel, especially for 

 using on a light trout rod. Reels are made in several 

 designs, such as plain, check, revolving plate, multipliers, 

 contracted, balance handle, and some with removable check. 

 One of the latest styles of common reels is formed by 

 striking out at one blow, from a single sheet of brass, the 



