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is reeled in by main strength with a multiplier, and an 

 attempt made to land it before it has been killed on 

 the rod, thus curtailing the real sport of angling, and at a 

 great risk to the angler's tackle. I speak of this now, for 

 1 have heard anglers praising a rapid-working quadruple 

 multiplying reel, because they could reel in a fish "so 

 fast," basing all of its merits upon this one quality; the 

 desire to get possession of the fish seeming to be paramount 

 to the real sport of hooking and playing it. 



The Click Eeel. 



The click reel is a single-action reel, and, consequently, 

 is the siniplest form' of reel, from the fact that the service 

 required of it is simply a slow and gradual lengthening of 

 the line with each subsequent cast, the delivery of the fly 

 being accomplished by pulling oif from the reel a few 

 additional feet of the line after each cast, until the desired 

 or maximum distance is reached, while the click offers just 

 enough resistance to' the rendering of the line to allow this 

 to be done without confusion or overrunning. The handle, 

 or crank, is connected directly with the axle, or shaft, 

 and, consequently, " reeling in " the line would be slow 

 work were it not obviated by the reel being made narrow, 

 so that the coil of line upon the shaft enlarges rapidly, 

 and the reeling is thus accomplished with greater facility. 



Its plan of construction is quite simple, and consists of 

 a narrow spool set in a stationary frame, the spool revolving 

 on a central shaft which has a handle at one end and a 

 small spur wheel at the other. The spur wheel engages 

 with a wedge-shaped pawl, which is held in place and con- 

 trolled by a circular steel spring, allowing motion in either 

 direction. This constitutes the so-called " click," the office 

 of which is to retard to a certain extent the revolving of 

 the spool. When the spool is rapidly revolving under the 



