170 Check-winch. Chapt. xiii. 



reel, in preference to an old-fashioned simple reel. When 

 you have just the length of cast you wish to throw, the 

 check on the reel keeps the line at the same length; 

 whereas without the check it is liahle to run out a few 

 inches each cast, and thus throw you out, and trouble 

 you. The noise of the check gives you immediate notice 

 of your having a fish on, and, what is of more import- 

 ance than any thing, it makes the reel cease to revolve 

 directly the fish ceases to pull; whereas if it goes on 

 revolving as a wheel or common reel from the impetus 

 given to it, it will take a turn or two more after the fish 

 has ceased running, and your running line will get wound 

 the wrong "way, and the chances are that if your fish 

 makes another dart of it, there will be a hitch in the line, 

 and your fish will break away. 



In the way of running line there is no- 

 Running line. ttlillg nicer £ 0r ligllt fly figging than plaited 



silk, coated with India rubber. It falls so lightly, 30 yards 

 are enough. But for heavy fish, as salmon or Mahseer, 

 I prefer the water-proofed lines of the Cotton Twine 

 Spinning Company, Manchester. They are very strong 

 indeed, and very tightly twisted, and a reel will hold a 

 greater length of their lines than of any other equally 

 strong line that I know. Their lines are also much 

 cheaper than any other. But there is no gettng any 

 thing out of them without previously paid cash, which it 

 is difiicult to manage in India, when you do not know 

 the exact price. Your tackle-maker ought however to 

 arrange this for you. 



