The Black Bass 



out of gear to allow greater freedom to the 

 revolving spool in casting. The theory 

 looked feasible enough, but actual practice 

 demonstrated that without the sustaining 

 aid of the gears the momentum was soon 

 lost, with the result that the bait could not 

 be cast so far. All such devices have now 

 been abandoned as utterly futile. 



So far as the skillful management of a The Reel in 

 hooked fish is concerned, the multiplying Use 

 reel is no better than the single-action click 

 reel. For tarpon, tuna, and other very 

 large fishes, where " pumping " is practiced 

 on the hooked fish, the largest multiplying 

 reel is of advantage in rapidly taking up the 

 resultant slack line. And so far as "power" 

 is concerned, in reeling in the fish on a 

 strain, the single-action reel has the advan- 

 tage, for the force applied to the crank acts 

 directly on the shaft of the spool, while in 

 the multiplying reel much of the force is lost 

 by being distributed through the gears to 

 the shaft. 



There is a tendency of late years, espe- position of Reel 

 daily with the heavy rods for tuna and tar- on Rod 

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