SEA-RODS, REELS, AND VARIOUS TACKLES. oi 
affair that I purchased of Hardy, of Alnwick, but 
the sea-water played the mischief with it. The 
writer of the “ Badminton ” 
volume cautions us against 
these optional = check 
winches with a steel spring 
inside; but, wholly as I 
agree with him as to the 
desirability of excluding 
steel generally from the 
sea-fishing outfit, I cannot 
forget that the above-men- Vurcanite Wincn 
tioned vulcanite reel, which PEPeRn Ta 
saw service not only on our own coasts, but also 
in the Baltic, Mediterranean, Suez Canal, Red Sea 
and Indian and Pacific Oceans, a fair all round test 
with waters of various saltness, never to my know- 
ledge admitted the water; and a touch with emery 
paper, followed bya drop or two of oil, was all that 
was required at the close of cach of its cight 
seasons to renew it for the next. 
We cannot, however, afford to lose sight of the 
deadly antipathy between steel and salt water ; and 
any and every contrivance for keeping them apart 
is welcome, I shall not include any account of the 
“Multiplying” winch ; for, in the first place, it is not 
a desirable weapon in the hands of the tyro; and 
secondly, Iam persuaded that an optional check 
Nottingham winch is, with certain slight modifica- 
tions, all that is required. At the same time, I 
think it fair to mention, for the sake of those who 
are disposed to give that New World con- eo Ruiie 
trivance, the “Automatic” winch, a trial, that matic” 
Alderman Newlyn, of Bournemouth, a sea- winED 
fisherman of long experience, has the greatest 
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