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tingham reels is their great recommendation practice 

 will enable the angler to work efficiently. A thorough 

 command of both rod, reel, and line is necessary to com- 

 fort in fishing. In scientific spinning a slight touch with 

 the fourth finger of the hand holding the rod is sufficient 

 to regulate the supply of line and the progress of the bait. 

 These reels are now made with a check, which is made to 

 act at the will of the rodster by the action of a small 

 movable spring. Some winches are made of ebonite for 

 spinning purposes; these are scarcely, we think, so desira- 

 ble, as they are apt to break by a fall. 



Artificial baits may be safely and conveniently carried 

 in a small partitioned tin case, as they are liable to be 

 very troublesome if carelessly placed in the over-crowded 

 fly book, as when brushing through a stile, or surmount- 

 ing a gate or other obstacles, the fisher may perhaps have 

 a personal and undeniably practical experience of the 

 efficiency of his own steel, which will have anything but 

 a soothing effect upon the feelings. August is the best 

 month in the whole season for trout spinning in the 

 smaller rivers and rapid brooks, and the novice will then 

 do well to stay after sunset, and fish until twilight. 



