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Let me also commend to the notice especially of trollers and 

 fly-fishers a clever invention by Messrs. Farlow for winding off 

 and drying lines. It quite deserves the panegyric bestowed upon 

 it by its inventor. 



FARLOW'S " SKELETON " LINE DRIER (REGISTERED). 



" A machine for effectually drying lines when wet, made so that the air 

 passes freely through to every portion of the line, and so dries and preserves 

 it. Each winder is fitted with a screw clamp, so that it may be screwed on 

 any table. This clamp, also, is made to secure the winch, thereby rendering 

 the running on and off the winder a very easy matter. 



" The great advantage gained in using this winder is, that it entirely pre- 

 vents the kinking of the line, as is usually the case in the old method of 

 winding the line round the backs of chairs, &c. " 



Lastly (ah ! pleasant and yet half sad word to the author 

 to write), bottom fishers will welcome Mr. Jas. Ogden's " Seat 

 Basket," figured below together with his "Spring-folding Landing 

 Net," and " strapped-on " mackintosh ; whilst a further addition to 

 their bodily comfort may be extracted from the use of Messrs. C. 

 L. Mathews and Co.'s ' Adjustable Rod Rest,' which is claimed 

 by the inventor to be equally applicable to river, pond and 

 punt-side. 



