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walks down the river or lake side and casts with the line 

 loose on the ground, that its qualifications most strongly commend 

 themselves : whenever he has to wade, or the ground is ' scrubby,' 

 and unfit for casting, he can in a moment unship the ' check ' 

 machinery and throw from the reel, a method of casting which, at 

 any rate under these circumstances, possesses advantages that 

 cannot be gainsaid. 



PERFECT COMBINATION REEL. 



In order fully to adapt the Combination Reel to the require- 

 ments of the ordinary fly- and float-fisher, as well as to the troller ; 

 the winder or barrel, instead of being entirely of wood, as 

 formerly necessitating, of course, a large diameter is now also 



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