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SCIENCE OF FISHING. 



A single action reel for trout or bass fishing should be 

 of the size said to hold eighty or 100 yards of line. These 

 will hold only about half that much size E enamel line, and 

 while it is seldom if ever that more than thirty-five yards 

 are needed for bass or trout, it is better if the spool is well 

 filled up, but not crowded. The more line you have on the 

 spool the faster it will pick up the slack. 



For salmon very large single action reels are used. 



Multiplying Reel, for Bait-Casting. 



They will measure from three and a half to four and a 

 fourth inches in diameter and will hold several hundred 

 yards of heavy enameled line. 



The multiplying reel has double side plates at the handle 

 end and the handle is not attached to the spool or the 

 central shaft, but is set to one side and is connected with the 

 spool by means of cog gearing. A double multiplying reel 

 turns the spool twice to one turn of the handle, and a quad- 



