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and as finely adjusted, as is possible for skill to render it. 

 Contrary to a current opinion, this reel is not more com- 

 plicated than the ordinary multiplying reel, and contains 

 but the same number of wheels, viz: two; but, by a pe- 

 culiar construction of the two wheels, it multiplies four 

 times, while the ordinary reel multiplies but twice. It 

 runs so perfectly and smoothly that a smart stroke of the 

 finger upon the handle will cause it to make about fifty 

 revolutions, and this without a balance handle. 



It is made with or without an alarm or click, and a drag 

 or rubber; and, where one or both of these adjuncts are 

 used, it does not at all complicate the working of the reel, 

 as they are operated by small sliding disks on the side of 

 the reel, and are not in the way in the least. The reel is, 

 in fact, so simple and perfect in its details, that it has not 

 been improved upon since it was first invented. They are 

 made of German silver or brass, in six sizes, No. 6 being 

 the largest. The best sizes for Black Bass fishing are 

 Nos. 2 and 3. 



The cost of this reel is necessarily high in comparison 

 with ordinary reels from its mode of construction and 

 materials employed, but it will last a life-time with ordi- 

 nary care. There are reels that have been in use for thirty 

 years among the first ones made which are as good as 

 new to-day. I can not express my admiration for this 

 reel more strongly, or truly, than by affirming that its 

 invention has been as great a boon to the angler as the 

 split bamboo rod; in. fact, they are "boon " companions. 



It is as great an improvement on all other multiplying 

 reels, as they are on the old single-action English winch. 

 With it, an angler can cast a minnow from thirty to forty 

 yards with the greatest ease, though it is necessary that he 



