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This reel was presented by Mr. Sage to Dr. Hen-shall during the World's Fair at Chicago, who in turn has passed it down to the writer. Needless to say it is one of my prize possessions. The reel is pictured in the illustration showing the correct way to grasp the rod. Use of the Reel Compared with the bait-casting reel the winch for fly fishing plays a minor part. It is used mainly as a storage place for surplus line, to wind in excess slack and occasionally, depending on one's style of fishing, to play a fish. 1 Henshall credits the invention of the multiplying reel to Gee. Snyder of Kentucky, giving the date of his first reel about 1810. According to R. B. Marston, editor of the Fishing Gazette (London) Onesimus Ustonson advertised " the best sort of multiplying brass winches, both stop and plain " in 1770. |
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