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Another capital winch also more particularly suited for 

 Salmon fishing is Malloch's patent "Sun and Planet" Reel; 

 which I have found excellent for all sorts of boat work. This is 

 a Check Reel, and its peculiarity is that unless, and until, the 



" SUN AND PLANET" REEL. 



handle is taken hold of, the line runs out without any movement 

 whatever of the side plate, so that, when trailing behind a boat, 

 for instance, the rod can safely be left with the reel resting on the 

 bottom, and in case of a " run " there is no danger of any 

 contact between the reel-handle and boat-gear causing one of 

 those sudden checks on the line which are apt to produce 

 inopportune results. The same principle, though applied 

 generally in a different way, has its very real significance for the 

 salmon fisher, in whose case an accidental catching of the reel- 

 handle in some part of his clothes often entails disaster. This 

 accident has occurred to me scores of times, and especially 



