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SCIENCE OF FISHING. 



be used with the handle supplied with it as it is not made to 

 be fastened in a reel seat. The object is to so wind the line 

 that it will not cut in (one round wedged between others.) 

 It consists of a simple spool on a spindle, the spindle pro- 

 jecting through the rod handle and the reel handle attached 

 to the spindle. The reel is one of the free-spool kind and no 

 part moves when casting except the spool itself. It is the 

 wobbling motion of the spool that cross-winds the line. 



The old and experienced bait-casters frown on all of 

 these improvements and denounce them. They are experts 



The Marhoff Level- Winding Reel. 



in thumbing the reel and are so used to spooling the line that 

 they can do it nicely without giving it a thought. But for 

 the beginners there is no question that they are a great con- 

 venience. It requires a lot of time and patience to learn to 

 properly thumb the reel and many amateurs become discour- 

 aged and go back to still-fishing, because they do not have 

 the time and patience to learn. But with these improvements 

 they never have to learn to master this delicate accomplish- 

 ment unless they want to. The experts say that they do not 

 give the fish a chance ; that they rob fishing of its pleasures 



