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revolution of the crank produces two, three, or four revo- 

 lutions of the shaft, depending on the number of teeth in 

 the wheels; thus, in a quadruple or four-time multiplier, 

 there are, say, forty teeth in the wheel and ten teeth in 

 the pinion. The multiplying reel is designed especially 

 for casting a bait, and the better the construction of the 

 reel, the longer the resultant, initial cast. 



All fine multiplying reels are now made with an adjust- 

 able click, in order that they may be utilized for fly-fishing. 

 Various devices are employed for the purpose. In some, 

 the mechanism is on the back plate of the reel, as in the 

 click reel, and is the same except that the pawl can be 



thrown in or out of gear 

 by a sliding or turning but- 

 |ton. This is by far the 

 best plan, as it can be 

 operated while the reel is 

 in motion. In other reels, 

 the pawl engages with the 

 pinion on the front plate. 

 Fie. 6. and is thrown in gear by 



Multiplying Reel. the same method as the 



other. In most Kentucky reels the click is used more as an 

 alarm, though it can be utilized as well for fly-fishing if the 

 spring is made stiff enough. It consists of a piece of watch 

 spring, bent to a U-shape, and afiixed to a bloclc which is 

 operated by a sliding button. The spring engages with the 

 pinion on the front plate of the reel. Various forms of 

 locks and drags are also applied to some multiplying reels, 

 which, however, are only of fancied advantage. 



A good single-action reel, without a click, will run almost 

 as freely as a multiplying reel within certain limits, but the 

 resultant cast will be a short one, as the momentum is 

 soon exhausted. In the multiplier, however, the mo- 



