REELS, LINES AND LEADERS 59 



favorable thing is the price. A very fine single-action 

 reel can be procured for a third of what a multiplier 

 of equal grade would cost. So, for trout fishing, the 

 selection of the reel is not a question of what sort of 

 reel but, rather, what sort of single-action click reel 

 should be chosen. 



In construction the single-action reel is simplicity 

 itself, and the variation in different makes of reels 

 of this sort is slight and not worthy of How the 

 comment. Briefly, the reel consists of 

 the spool which revolves within the side Made 

 plates, the motive power being supplied 

 by the handle which is attached to one end of the 

 spool shaft; at the other end of the spool shaft 

 is a small cog-wheel, or spur-wheel, which connects 

 with a small wedge-shaped piece of metal, the " pawl," 

 the latter being affixed to the side-plate and working 

 on a pivot within a circular steel wire spring. The 

 pawl and pawl-spring in connection with the spur- 

 wheel supply the entire click mechanism. The click 

 should be strong, and the " song of the reel " fine and 

 clear, with a metallic ring which denotes good ma- 

 terial well-tempered steel. See that the spool is nar- 

 row so that, when reeling in, the line will build up 

 on the reel rapidly, thus making the retrieve faster. 



The reel should be made with an 

 ample "protecting band" around the 

 edge of the side plate on the handle side 

 of the reel, within which band the reel handle revolves. 



