Pishing Ebels. 



187 



Fig. 10. 



liam Mills & Son, the "Imbrie" of Abbey & Imbrie, 



and the ''' Silver King " 



of Thos. J. Conroy, all of 



New York. These fine ret I 



are all so well-known, ai I 



have been held in such hij 1 



esteem for many years 1 



the angling fraternity, th I 



further mention of the 



merits seems needless. 



Another new feature of 

 late years is a device for 

 level winding of the line, when reeling it, in order to pre- 

 vent its bunching on the spool. For those anglers who 

 seem incapable of guiding the line on the spool with 

 the finger or thumb, this device is, indeed, a welcome 

 one. The first reel with this device was made by 

 Wheeler & McGregor, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A trav- 

 eler carries the line back 

 and forth when being reeled, 

 winding it on the spool in level 

 layers, in much the same way as 

 sewing cotton is wound on the 

 spool. Sip.ce the reel was first 

 made it has been improved by 

 having a steel screw-shaft in 

 place of bronze, a hardened steel eyelet on the traveler, 

 and a better protector for the traveler guide. In casting 

 there seems to be but little more friction engendered with 

 this reel than one without the spooling device; in other 

 words as long a cast can be made, as less pressure with the 

 thumb is required. 



Fig. U. 



