July 27, 1912 
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FIG 2.—LARGE TUNA REEL WITH BRAKE FITTED AND COVER REMOVED SFIOWING 
BAND BRAKE AND BRAKE DRUM. 
A, Bolt which goes through butt ;.nd screws into reel-plate. B, Split collar binding 
tip securely in butt socket. C. Brake lever. 
landed a splendid fish that tipped the scales at 
thirteen pounds. By yesterday's report they 
were credited with three salmon weighing 
thirty-eight pounds. Several other New York¬ 
ers were also reported for good catches. 
Trainmen and sectionmen say that the 
herds of caribou migrating north this season 
exceeded anything they ever before saw. Some 
of the old hunters say that the caribou are in 
creasing, notwithstanding the increasing num¬ 
bers of American hunters to take toll each year. 
On the last two public holidays a special 
traveler’s train was put on, and over 200 anglers 
went out along the line. Many hundred dozen 
were reported, but as many of the fishermen 
exaggerated the size of their catches, no ac¬ 
curate estimate could be formed of the number 
of trout really caught. 
The following rivers report great catches: 
Little, Crabbes, Robinson’s, Harry’s, Gander, 
Gambo, Salmonier, South East, Lapoile, Sal¬ 
mon Falls, Grand, Codroy and Middle Bara- 
choix. W. J. Carroll. 
The Right Way With the Tuna. 
The welcome success of Mr. Ross with the 
big tuna of Nova Scotia, a well deserved triumph 
on which all his friends will have congratulated 
him, has necessarily robbed that particular en¬ 
terprise of the quite unusual interest that at¬ 
tended previous efforts to capture the first speci¬ 
men. Nevertheless, it is highly improbable that 
there will be any resulting diminution of interest 
in big-game fishing generally, and I have, there¬ 
fore, the pleasure of recording, says F. G. A., in 
the London Field, some particulars of a most re¬ 
markable outfit for such sport on a grand scale, 
the invention of Mr. Lorenzo Mitchell-Henry, 
which I have recently been privileged to inspect. 
Mr. Mitchell-Henry has had long and varied ex¬ 
perience of tarpon and other big fish, and it 
was his intention, in company with the Duke of 
Manchester, to have tried for the big tuna of 
Cape Breton Island last year, when Mr. Ross 
and others of us failed, a plan abandoned only 
at the last moment. He still, however, hopes 
to catch the record tuna, and I am certain that 
the special tackle which he has designed for the 
purpose will bring such an achievement im¬ 
measurably nearer to fulfilment. 
Instead of the usual method of binding the 
guides on the rods, above and below, these 
guides, which are slightly tapered, are slipped 
over the point of the rod and find their own 
position where they firmly bind themselves. By 
this arrangement the rods can be bent or used 
in any direction required, and are not reduced 
to only two directions, as happens when the 
guides are bound on. Another advantage of this 
system is that the tips can be tied up together 
in a bundle without damage to themselves or 
the guides, which are only put on when mount¬ 
ing the rod. It is also quite possible that by 
this system a broken tip could be replaced if 
it broke while playing a fish, the guides and top 
guide being slipped off the broken rod and a 
new tip being put through the guide. 
Fig. 1 shows an arrangement making it im¬ 
possible for the rod or reel to twist, as happens 
when the leather cup usually employed is used. 
This device allows of free liberty to the rod to 
“pump” a fish, and also allows the rod to be 
swung in any direction, but in whatever direc¬ 
tion the rod may point the reel is always upper¬ 
most, which is the object of the invention. 
Fig. 2 shows the large reel specially made 
for tuna. It holds 400 yards of 39-thread line, 
and is fitted with a very powerful brake, which 
can, by means of the lever, be regulated with 
the greatest ease to any desired drag, from a 
free run to a dead stop. The bolt (a) in the 
figure also fills a long-felt want, as it fixes the 
reel absolutely solidly to the butt. The split 
collar at ( b ) when screwed up prevents any 
possibility of the tip twisting in the butt, which 
always occurs when winding the reel and hold¬ 
ing the tip owing to the reel twisting. 
Fig. 3 shows the support, which enables the 
shoulders and back to assist the arms in the 
mighty struggle in operation, and while there is 
quite a 20-pound pull on the line, in the photo¬ 
graph the rod, which is a very powerful one, 
appears hardly bent. 
Such is the outfit, and if one item of it com¬ 
pels my admiration more than the rest, it is the 
perfect universal movement of the swing table, 
which, far more effectively than any other de¬ 
vice I have seen, enables the rod to work with 
a minimum of friction in every direction. 
FIG. 3 .—ROD IN ACTION. SHOULDER STRAP AND 
BRAKE BOTH AT WORK. 
FIG. I. 
A, Universal joint on plate to be screwed to seat. B. Universal joint in use with rod at¬ 
tached. C, Brake drum (at side of reel), showing link for tightening band. D, Lever, which 
works brake. E, Ring for hook of shoulder strap. 
