STREAMCRAFT 



New York City, make a series in aluminum, 

 obtainable in sets of two or three which nest one 

 inside another. Storing lines on these large 

 spools prevents the setting in them of the small- 

 coil spirals caused by their remaining all Winter 

 on the fishing reel. 



These aluminum spools are not cheap, and 

 the writer has made very inexpensive substi- 

 tutes from galvanized sheet-iron of the gauge 

 used for stove piping, that serve every purpose 

 for storage use. It is a simple job. Take a 

 strip 23 inches long by 3 inches wide and cut 

 one end as pictured in Fig. 1. Now fold 

 over the edges 3/8 of an inch. Start the fold by 

 bending the edges in the jaws of a vise and 

 complete with a hammer. For the cutting you 

 must have a tinsmith's heavy shears, and you 

 now make a series of cuts at right angles into the 

 folded edges and beyond to the uniform depth 



Fig. 1. Making a galvanized sheet -iron storage reel 



of % of an inch and about the same distance 

 apart. For a large spool like we are making 

 of 7J/2 inches inside diameter, and which will 

 easily hold eight to ten enameled lines a rein- 

 forcment along the center with a second strip 

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