The sun., 1919-09-20

much. Is there a chance of getting II
Figures for the Casting Sharpe.
One of the casting sharps. believe II
was, Mr.. Corson, made the statement be-
fore the United Anglers League that a
time, and that the average reel at one
turn OF the spool released eight inches Of
line, hence the simple calculation was In
evidence that such a spool made 120 revo-
lutions each second.
Now. as matter of fact. IL does not do
runs faster 10 permit the initial Impulse
20 overcome the natural law OF gravitation
affecting the lead and the second second
OF the third second Is '0w reached, when e il
slows up mostly. making up in rapidly
the last two seconds as the lead descends
ana as the line In close to the core of the
spool.
In fact, the reason that casts are not
TO turn faster to make up for the lost
surface release of the line, but that
i so tSs s, SLOWED x the friction
vent the llnei from overrunning.
Now. were it not for this fact-nrstly,
reel: and, secondly, the retardins Of the
spool from thumbing the same. the forty
I'VE angle Of impetus would continue to
ground at the same angle Il left It, maxi
ing tne cast much greater one.
spoiled or to allow for height in excess
OF distance. This means 6,444 inches of
line, and with five seconds to reel on with
eight inches average per turn, this means
500 revolutions In the fve seconds, or in
one second an average of 1s1 revoiu-
tons and not 100 revolutions.
Now with spoollng OFF OF EOS revolutions
the hrst second which the rotatory force
permits and the diameter Of such a reel,
| the resisting inertia OF the pivot and bear
ings have a compromising tendency to fur
ther retard this momentum. with the
| first slam of the cast the impetus IS taken
| up as have explained by the line FIRST,
the rod next, and the bearings lastly.
| NOW, cylindrical spool can less readily
be triangulated and obviously deters the
| greatest release when the greatest release
planned when the line e well o.. h ths reel
| the smaller diameter OF the spool prohibits
the caster from line release, the factors
| TO specific trigonomical laws.
Now, a spool that would be cone shaped
Or TRANSLATED to the degree OF forty-6ve
part of tho line could be reeled on from
| It's apex or smaller diameter, and as the
part of the spool would reiease the line
easier even with the retarded momentum
due to friction loss and momentum and
large distai end would release sufficien,
line to enable the caster to continue or
| degrees with which the lead was started
Such cone shaped bearing has never
been used, and the crack casters should
| OuSg anu Btl Tebulls IN tnlS column
| I shall shortly give n set of algebraIc fg
ures by which means the distal portion
and apex Of the spool may be accurately
calculated so that caster may be enabled
to readily cast 900 with the same effor
that he employs in casting 400 feet.
Now, with longer than nine foot rod
viz. a twelve foet stick the terrific mo
mentum OF the initial impulse is greati,
offset by the cylindrical spool which oul
| present reels have, especially are thos,
with wide spools TO be tabooed Some
casters recognize this defect In tn,
modern reel by spooling their line close ir
one section and criss-cross in another bu
this makes the line simply Jump, and /!
neither scientific nor dependable.
New York. Sept. IS, GRAPE JUICE,
A Buck Law Inquiry and. Three Replies
| THE SUN printed from me a fortnigh
ago the following letter:
on the biological committee of the New
York Conservation Association are the fol