REELS AND THEIR CARE 45 



shocks. Nowhere else are such perfect reels 

 made as in the United States, and Kentucky has 

 produced the two that are types. For nearly 

 a century the Milam and the Meek reels have 

 been on the market, and the first reels these 

 firms made are almost identical with the mod- 

 ern ones. 



Fig. 4. Milam No. 2 Quadruple Multiplying Reel. Exact 

 Size. 



At a national tournament a few years ago, 

 the winner of the accuracy bait-casting event 

 used a tiny No. I reel that had been used by 

 the owner for many years, and by his father 

 before him; more than fifty years in all, surely. 

 And that reel is as good to-day as a new one 

 and differs from the present-day type only in 



