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much oil on gear and pinion, in which case the 

 reel may be out of commission until the sur- 

 plus oil is removed. If ten seconds was the 

 time of spinning while dirty, fourteen or fifteen 

 seconds should be about right for the clean 

 spool, and if it falls below this, tighten the 

 screws a trifle more and try again for time and 

 play. If all screws are tightened uniformly, 

 a few trials will show you when to stop, and if 

 these directions are religiously followed, the 

 reel should be in perfect order. 



It is important that a good screw-driver and 

 the best reel oil be used. It is also advisable 

 to examine all bearings, after cleaning, with a 

 microscope, at the same time removing all parti- 

 cles of grit or dust with the end of a toothpick. 

 The pinion in a good reel is made from tool 

 steel, and the gear from bronze or hard brass, 

 but a tiny speck of grit is a bad thing for either 

 one. 



All tests should be made while the spool of 

 the reel is filled with the line that you are ac- 

 customed to using in fishing practice. Exerting 

 equal force, the spool will spin one-fourth to 

 one-third longer when filled with line than 

 when empty. 



In these remarks quadruple multiplying reels 

 are referred to, for the reason that nearly all of 



