. Goin' fishin'; weather and feed facts; . ircle the line, there is no interference at all onthe outgoing part of the cast. THUMBERS CONTROL CAST The antlbacklash arrangement is a pair of auto-matic thumbers on the inside of the spool whichbring pressure to bear on the end plate as the ten-sion on the line slows up when the bait ends its flightIn the air and settles on the water. As the forceof the cast throws the lure out these thumbers donot work against the end plate, but the momentthere is no further drag on the line they stop thespool and you are ready to reel in for the next castor play


. Goin' fishin'; weather and feed facts; . ircle the line, there is no interference at all onthe outgoing part of the cast. THUMBERS CONTROL CAST The antlbacklash arrangement is a pair of auto-matic thumbers on the inside of the spool whichbring pressure to bear on the end plate as the ten-sion on the line slows up when the bait ends its flightIn the air and settles on the water. As the forceof the cast throws the lure out these thumbers donot work against the end plate, but the momentthere is no further drag on the line they stop thespool and you are ready to reel in for the next castor play the strike if you are lucky enough to get it. On the end plate of this reel there is an adjustingscrew by which the pressure of the thumbers can beregulated for different weights of lures, as therenaturally would not be the same amount of pullto a light spinner with a strip of pork rind as onewould find with the heavier plug or large spoon. And for the fellow who wants to take a shot atthumbing the spool, although there are few who I L^... 4-J fl) ?n CO ^ m 3 0 u u n r OJ XX a) br 4-> (/J £. r _C0 CO jl CO0 >. CO C o ID ni _1 r; () 4-1 03 CO C c CT1 ^ ^cO m CO (\) > C CO wx x: x; ~3 X £ 0 X o j:: X CO n, CJ br CJ oo ?4-* CO 01 C CO X > ^ ^ a bJ3 3 bl)C CO cr r r o X U tx H X) i; n 0 to r CO ^ bJDX3 o c/l ID M ir, — a O a > CJ _ca CO C3O o C/1 -T) fl -l; f) (\) E fi T) 0 0 w Cfl r (j-i (U CO *-> X r o n bJCC 0 E CO COT5 o V W o ax CO tiC c TJ 11 f) C _U 1 CO o CO >, CO <J ^^ 01 u C bD bJ3C X o n C —^ ?^— O CO C SPOOLING THE LINE 87 will bother with this end after enjoying the anti-backlash reel, the adjusting screw can be given acomplete twist and the reel Is a level-winding freespooler, the thumbers being out of action a reel of this kind, that does abouteverything except turn the handle, must be givencare and attention. THE FROG AS BAIT Although throughout the entire fishing seasonthe frog may not shine as a wonderful bait for


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