44 FISHING TACKLE 



(Courtesy of Wm. Mills & Son.) 

 Fig. 3. Narrow Dry-Fly Reel. 



good line on it, but wind the line on one of the 

 large " reels " used by tournament casters, il- 

 lustrated in Fig. 30; or wind it on to a line 

 dryer. 



Salmon reels are merely larger editions of 

 trout reels, but as they are roughly handled at 

 times, strength is necessary, and for this pur- 

 pose a high-grade reel is the best. 



The bait-casting reel is a machine in miniature 

 and is a wonderful one at that. It must be 

 light and small, run almost as freely as a top, 

 yet withstand tremendous strains and sudden 



