Hi Al: I have to disagree with you (gently 🙂) because the original topic was about spinning or fixed spool reels and about bale arms in particular. Hardy developed the full bale arm and patented it. At around the same time there was the half bale arm. You are quite correct in your quote from Merriam-Webster in
1. means great evil or sorrow - this leads to the expression balefull look - meaning an evil look at another person(s) but there is a second meaning which you mention in point 2. 2."A large bundle of compressed goods usually wrapped” This is exactly what a bale arm does - it wraps the line around a fixed spool. Yes most modern reels have spools that can rotate under pressure from a fish using a pressure drag but that is not their primary design. see attachment In the second part 1. & 2. are essentially similar in that we are removing something i.e water from a boat or a prisoner from security. Item 3, I have found also applies to bale depending upon where one looks. Nev On Jan 18, 2016, at 6:36 AM, Allan Fish wrote: Nev, Check the Merriam-Webster on-line dictionary for bale: 1. A great evil; a sorrow 2. A large bundle of compressed goods usually wrapped, e.g. a bale of hay or a bale of paper or cotton. And then bail: 1. a container used to remove water from a boat 2. the temporary release of a prisoner for security; the security; or the person who provides the security. 3. a supporting half-hoop; a bar to hold paper down in a typewriter; a usually arched handle such as on a buket. Methinks Bass Pro might just be the one spelling it correctly. <Insert your favorite smiley face here> Al On Monday, 18 January 2016 06:36:29 UTC-8, Allan wrote: > > Nev, > > Check the Merriam-Webster on-line dictionary for bale: > 1. A great evil; a sorrow > 2. A large bundle of compressed goods usually wrapped, e.g. a bale > of hay or a bale of paper or cotton. > > And then bail: > 1. a container used to remove water from a boat > 2. the temporary release of a prisoner for security; the security; or > the person who provides the security. > 3. a supporting half-hoop; a bar to hold paper down in a typewriter; > a usually arched handle such as on a buket. > > Methinks Bass Pro might just be the one spelling it correctly. <Insert > your favorite smiley face here> > > Al > > For DonO > > > > I just googled for a bale less spinning reel and came up with several > including Penn from bass pro but even BassPro spells bale wrong🙄! > > > > http://bit.ly/1U5fmxM > > > > > > > > Neville Gosling > > > > > > > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
