REELS. 



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The balance handle is supposed to be an improvement. 

 It is simply a double length crank with a handle at one end 

 and a weight at the other. It was designed to make the 

 spool run more freely, but why it should be placed on a fly 

 reel is a mystery to me, for the line is never cast from the 



Single Action Click Reel, Rubber, With Protected, Balance 



Handle. 



reel. One thing is in its favor it gives the reel a more 

 artistic appearance; but it is likely to entangle the line. All 

 good reels of this pattern have the edge of the side plate 

 extended out over the crank a short distance to keep the line 

 from being entangled in the handle. These are called "single 

 action click reels, with protected handle." All single action 



