98 SUPPLEMENT TO THE BOOK OF THE BLACK BASS. 



in two styles, to multiply two or four times, at the choice 

 of the purchaser. 



Thos. J. Conroy, 65 Fulton St., New York, makes several 

 styles of multiplying reels for Black Bass fishing, the best 

 being his " Silver King." This is an excellent reel, with 

 symmetrical end plates of hard rubber, and German silver 

 cap, spool, and handle. It has full steel pivots, balance 

 handle, screw-off caps for oiling, and a patent adjustable 

 sliding click on the back plate, that can be operated while 

 the reel is in motion (and with the.rod hand if necessary), 

 and is as well adapted for fly-fishing as bait-fishing, being 

 quite light. It is a double multiplier, and a very handsome, 

 substantial reel; and being fitted accurately in all its parts, 

 works remarkably smooth and rapid, and is made in a first- 

 class manner throughout. 



Abbey & Imbrie's patent " Imbrie " compensating, steel- 

 pivot reel, is one of the greatest merit. It is a double 

 multiplier, well and substantially made in hard rubber and 

 German silver, with an adjustable click, answering equally 

 well for fly-fishing or bait-fishing. The compensating de- 

 vice is a very desirable feature, causing the spool to revolve 

 as swiftly and noiselessly as though running on jewels, 

 and as the bearings become worn, they can be adjusted and 

 compensated by the device mentioned. This consists of 

 beveled recesses in the ends of the shaft, or axis of the 

 spool, into which are fitted the conical ends of screw-pivots 

 (just the reverse of the " Snyder " method, mentioned 

 above, but subserving the same purposes), which are tapped 

 through the center of each outside plate, or disk. The 

 heads of these pivot- screws are covered by caps in the usual 

 manner, by removing which the pivots can be screwed in 

 or out, adjusting their conical points perfectly to the coni- 



