Abstract: A fly-fishing reel is equipped with a primary braking system, operated by actuating means separate from a handle allowing the fisherman to rotate the spool in a direction for winding the line, and an ancillary braking system, operable in addition to the primary braking system by means of the handle of the spool. The ancillary braking system comprises a pair of brake shoes which are eccentrically pivoted on the handle and which, upon rotation of the handle in direction opposite to that required for winding the line, are caused to pivot on the handle itself so that an outer edge frictionally engages the wall of a housing provided in the spool.

Abstract: A steerable sled equipped with runner members such as one or more pairs of skis for sliding on snow or the like comprising a chassis associated with the runner members, characterized in that the sled comprises a suspension system interposed between the chassis and the runner members, a direction-control apparatus having a steering wheel mounted to a steering column, and at least a pair of triple-hinge members, each defining three mutually perpendicular rotational axes, with one of the rotational axes being perpendicular to the support plane of the runner members, at least one pair of hinge members being interposed between the chassis and at least one of the pair of runner members, and being associated with apparatus for the remote-control, through the steering column, of the rotation of the runner members.