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forming an equally effectual prevention of ' line- 

 hitching. Indeed, in one respect, it is even more 

 absolutely ' undefeatable ' than my original 

 device, as it occupies the whole width of the 

 reel-barrel. A wood cut showing Mr. Bernard's 

 modification as applied to one of his beautifully 

 balanced silver-bronzed trout-reels is annexed. 



To show how really serious an annoyance 

 this hitching of the line round the reel is recog- 

 nised to be, Messrs. Foster, of Ashborne, have 

 actually gone to the trouble of constructing a 

 reel in an enlargement of the rod-butt itself, 

 which, it is needless to say, very thoroughly and 

 effectually overcomes the difficulty. This reel 

 Messrs. Foster have attached to some of their 

 " steel centre fly rods." 



SKELETON 



NIKE WINCH 



SPRING FITTING 



AT ROD END 



As a temporary expedient a very good plan 

 is suggested by " Hi Regan," in " How and 

 Where to Fish in Ireland," * by far the most 

 recent and reliable guide to the fishing grounds 

 of the sister Isle now extant. 



The improvised ' Protector ' " is a piece of 

 light and tough leather (eelskin is the best), sewn 

 round the back-bar of the reel, and bound behind, 

 or taken in under and held by the fixed ring 

 which secures the reel plate." 



Some beautiful reels are now made in America, 

 and I only regret that space does not admit of 



* Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1886. 



