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Quick-dry spool

Patent drawing of a wire-frame fishing reel showing the spoked spool with wire loops, the stirrup-shaped side frames, crank handle, and detailed hub and ratchet mechanisms in separate small figures.

FISHING-REELAndrew B. Hendryx · June 7, 1892

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