REEL FASTENINGS. 



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Next as to reel fastenings— i.e. the attachment of the reel 

 to the rod. 



The old double-band attachment has the vice of being only 

 properly suited to a particular sized reel, and in 

 ten years will probably have become obsolete. 

 The same fault is found in a still more marked 

 degree in the class of fastenings of which a 

 specimen is shown in the cut. These attach- 

 ments ' to measure ' all possess the drawback 

 of being inapplicable to any reels except those 

 specially constructed to fit them. 



I have no hesitation in saying, however, that 

 the above and all other reel fastenings hitherto 

 in use are destined to be superseded by the re- 

 cent ingenious inventions of a system of attach- 

 ment which (adaptable to any kind of rod) will 

 with equal ease take in any size of reel. One 

 — I think the earliest — of these is that adopted 

 by Hardy Brothers, and known as 'Weeger's 

 Wedge-fast ' (cut, page 72). It is simple, in- 

 expensive, absolutely secure, and capable, as I m< i|{{|| |||| 

 say, of being adapted to every size of reel, short 

 of applying a heavy salmon reel to a light trout- 

 ing rod, which would be useless if feasible. 



The hinder end of the foot plate of the 

 reel is pushed under a fixed band or clasp 

 having a gradually widening orifice upwards, and 

 of course a narrowing one downwards — in other 

 words, it is wedged in — penetrating deeply 

 or only a little way according to its size and 

 thickness, but in any case being held or jammed 

 perfectly fast in its place. The upper band, or clasp, is 

 then slid down over the upper end of the reel plate, which 

 thus becomes immovably fixed. A diagram of this reel 

 fastening was published in the first edition, in the form in 

 which it was originally exhibited. At my suggestion, however, 



REEL 

 ATTACHMENT 

 ' TO MEASURE.' 



