64 SALMON AND TROUT. 
exterior side plate. Hence (point first) a considerate diminu- 
tion in the weight of the reel, with increased rather than 
diminished strength. 
The handle of the Lysons reel terminates zmsdde the rim, 
so that the leverage is only about the same as that of a handle 
attached in the ordinary way to a revolving side plate; and to 
gain the maximum of possible leverage (point two) I have 
adopted in a modified form the handle which is said to be 
the invention of Colonel Latour!—or which, at any rate, is’ 
known as ‘Colonel Latour’s handle.’ This, in a 44-inch reel, 
PENNELL REEL, FIG. 2. 
Outside of left-hand plate, showing check mechanism and lid. 
gives an increased leverage, or winding-in power, of half an 
inch in actual measurement, or, mechanically speaking, some- 
1 A variation of this handle, with an extension of it right across the reel 
from side to side, is known as ‘ Bright's’ handle, but it offers no additional 
advantages and adds materially to the weight. 
