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tains its popularity, (see page 38.) Its great drawback— 

 that of giving out the line with too great rapidity, and 

 overrunning, and thereby chok- 

 ing itself, and endangering the 

 loss of the fish at a critical 

 period by a sudden check — has 

 been remedied by a " check '' 

 contrivance, which, while it al-' 



lows the line to run out freely 



when required, prevents the too 



rapid action of the reel when the 



strain has gone. This is effected 



in two ways, — one by a tooth 



working with a spring in a Nottingliam Eeel. 



ratchet-wheel, and the other by a friction-plate or washer 



Modern Beel. 



I like the latter plan the best : first, because it is noise- 

 less ; secondly, because it is less liable to get out of order, 



