810 THE SALMON FLY. 



known several hundred were sold, and the sale has been steadily 

 increasing ever since. 



The lever, responding instantly to the turn given by the fingers to 

 the external screw, renders the spindle capable of revolving at a 

 high rate of speed to the very last of the packed line. All danger is thus 

 obviated when a fish, having a range of, say, one hundred yards, yet 

 makes a determined run. Upon such occasions we had formerly to use 

 considerable force in pulling the last fifty yards of line from the winch so 

 as to allow the end coils to run at all, whilst it was impossible to wind 

 them back quickly. 



To sum up its other merits the course of instruction necessary to 

 master this winch is easily understood. 



The handle is fitted into a counter-sunk bearing and so the line 

 cannot get beneath it ; nuts are dispensed with, one end of the pillar 

 being screwed into the outer plate, the other drilled to receive the screw. 

 Properly set it never over-runs, and, therefore, cannot become choked. 

 It is easily adapted to different catches ; set lightly for rapids, and 

 sufficiently stiff for sluggish pools. The lever instead of weakening the 

 winch actually keeps the plates and framework so firm that they never 

 become loose or shaky. 



There is really nothing to be said in disparagement of its qualifications 

 or of the system of striking, provided single gut casts are in use and the 

 flies are in sizes under 2/0. 



Fig. 1 represents the winch and the relieving screw which passes 

 through the handle plate. By turning the screw from you the break power is 

 reduced, by turning it backwards the power is increased. Thus, while 

 playing a fish, the winch can in a moment be made to run as easily as the 

 Angler pleases. The head of this screw is flat-sided, resembling half a 

 sixpence, and is easily regulated by the fingers. 



The handle side of the winch consists of three discs the outer, 

 centre, and inner. Of these, the outer and inner revolve with the axis to 

 which they are attached. The centre forms part of the fixed frame and 

 does not revolve. 



Fig. 2 represents the inside face of the handle plate. The 

 break, or fraction lever, is a piece of suitably tempered steel fixed at 



