FISHING AT HOME AND ABROAD 

 is too well known to need description; it has been the means of killing 

 thousands of salmon and other fish. In casting, the drum, which turns 

 on a pivot, faces the rings of the rod, and the line is pulled ofE by the bait 

 as it flies through the air, just as if you wind a bit of thread round the 

 end of your thumb or finger you can pull it all off sideways. The only 

 objection is that it kinks a fine line; though this objection is partly got 

 over by having a bait which spins the reverse way and takes the kink out, 

 and in having a double swivel at the end of the reel line. 



It is perhaps the easiest of reels to learn, as there is no overrunning 

 and its practical value has been proved by the thousands of anglers who 

 use it. 



THE ILLINGWORTH CASTING REEL 



For light bait-casting the lUingworth Casting Reel has a great many 

 admirers; the principle is the same as that of the Malloch, the line casts 

 off a stationary holder or drum. I think the No. 2 " lUingworth '* is a great 

 improvement on the first one; it is used with a short single -hand rod, 

 similar to that used by the Americans in single-hand bait-casting, but can 

 be used with almost any rod, and is admirable for casting a light minnow 

 tackle for trout and perch, or casting a light float tackle. The reel line is 

 very fine, but strong enough, with care and not too stiff a rod, to kill 

 almost any trout. Mr lUingworth has, I believe, often kiUed salmon on it; 

 illustrated descriptions and directions for use can be had of The lUing- 

 worth Casting Reel Company, of Bradford, Yorks. 



CASTING A SPINNING BAIT IN THE •* BOYNE " STYLE 



In addition to the side swing and the overhead cast, there is a very 

 exceUent and accurate style of casting from a reel which, as I said before, 

 I have called the *' Boyne " underhand cast, because I believe it was 

 first generally used by salmon anglers on the Irish Boyne. The action is 

 Uke that of the old underhand style of bowling a cricket ball. It is used 

 now by some of the best salmon anglers on the Boyne, Wye and other rivers, 

 and, of course, is equaUy useful for pike, trout, etc. For salmon and pike 

 a double-handed spinning rod of about twelve feet is usually used with 

 a *' Silex " salmon reel. In casting, supposing the angler wants to drop 

 his bait forty yards or so opposite to him across the river, so that he can 

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