REEL FASTENINGS. 
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Next as to reel fastenings—i.e. the attachment of the reel 
to the rod. 
The old double-band attachment has the vice of being only 
properly suited to a particular sized reel, and in 
ten years will probably have become obsolete. 
The same fault is found in a still more marked 
degree in the class of fastenings of which a 
specimen is shown in the cut. These attach- 
ments ‘to measure’ all possess the drawback 
of being inapplicable to any reels except those 
specially constructed to fit them. 
I have no hesitation in saying, however, that 
the above and all other reel fastenings hitherto 
in use are destined to be superseded by the re- 
cent ingenious inventions of a system of attach- 
ment which (adaptable to any kind of rod) will 
with equal ease take in any size of reel. One 
—I think the earliest—of these is that adopted 
by Hardy Brothers, and known as ‘Weeger’s 
Wedge-fast’ (cut, page 72). It is simple, in- 
expensive, absolutely secure, and capable, as I 
say, of being adapted to every size of reel, short 
of applying a heavy salmon reel to a light trout- 
ing rod, which would. be useless if feasible. 
The hinder end of the foot plate of the 
reel is pushed under a fixed band or clasp 
having a gradually widening orifice upwards, and 
of course a narrowing one downwards —in other 
words, it is wedged in—penetrating deeply 
or only a little way according to its size and 
thickness, but in any case being held or jammed 
perfectly fast in its place. The upper band, 
ATTACHMENT 
‘TO MEASURE.’ 
or clasp, is 
then slid down over the upper end of the reel plate, which 
thus becomes immovably fixed. A diagram of this reel 
fastening was published in the first edition, in the form in 
which it was originally exhibited. At my suggestion, however, 
