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Integrated winding-bar

Patent drawing of a fishing rod segment showing an elongated winding-bar reel with crank set into a slotted section, alongside a sliding protective tube and end cap tackle compartment.

IMPROVEMENT IN FISHING-RODSHenry Van Altena · October 1, 1878

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