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because it does not place too much weight be- 

 low the hand. 



A single-action reel need not be expensive. 

 The parts should be well made and nicely fit- 

 ted, the click one that will not get out of order 

 quickly, and with a good strong spring. The 

 click must be just strong enough to prevent the 

 spool from turning when casts of ordinary 

 length are made without holding the line 

 with either hand. The reels illustrated in Figs. 

 I and 2 are typical of the moderate priced 

 reels used by trout fishermen. Three inches is 

 the diameter of most click reels on which thirty 

 yards of double tapered E line are used, and 

 they will carry the same length of D line if it 

 be wound on evenly. There is no need of a 

 drag on a fly reel. 



The English reels are nearly all heavy affairs, 

 but they are beautifully made and compact. 

 Nearly all are so made that by removing one 

 screw the spool may be taken out, and instead 

 of the thin axle which ruins any line left on it 

 for any length of time, there is a drum of 

 good size. The dry-fly reel shown in Fig. 3 

 is of this type. It is narrow but of goodly dia- 

 meter, and light, as the material is an aluminum 

 alloy aluminum alone being too soft for reels. 



Whatever reel is employed, do not leave a 



