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Handle-mounted reel

Two patent drawings of a fishing-rod handle with an internal reel: Figure 1 shows a front elevation with the rod tip, reel box, crank, and carved wooden handle, while Figure 2 shows a longitudinal cross-section revealing the circular reel with ratchet teeth and pawl inside the handle.

IMPROVEMENT IN REELS FOR FISHING-RODSHezekiah Winslow · August 3, 1875

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