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Convertible spool reel

Patent drawing showing a jointed fishing rod with a hollow handle section containing an internal reel frame, gears, crank, alarm bell lever, and a friction brake knob, alongside exploded views of the gear and spool components.

FISHING-RODLewis Wallace · September 29, 1891

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