Abstract: An open face fishing reel utilizes a quick-release spool device having a modular reel component that facilitates the interchanging of fishing line while the reel is still secured within the fishing reel housing and crank mechanism. The device is configured to be removably replaced with a different spool having a new unit of fishing line secured thereabout.

Abstract: A plugging device can include a plug member configured to connect to, plug, or block an aperture in a wall. The plugging device can include a lock member configured to secure the plugging device in the aperture. The lock member can be connected to the plug member. A release member can be connected to the lock member. The plug member, lock member, and/or release member can form a monolithic part. In some cases, the plugging device is a compliant mechanism.

Abstract: Implementations for fly reel are generally disclosed. The implementations include various methods and apparatus for automatically adjusting and managing drag associated with the fly reel.

Abstract: A spinning reel spool coupling structure has a pin insertion portion, an anti-rotation pin, a retainer, and an anti-rotation groove. The pin insertion portion has a through hole passing through the spool shaft. The anti-rotation pin includes a first anti-rotation portion, a fitting portion, and a second anti-rotation portion. The fitting portion adjoins the first anti-rotation portion, and fits into the pin insertion portion. The second anti-rotation portion extends from the fitting portion and has a diameter greater than that of the pin insertion portion. The retainer member prevents the anti-rotation pin from being detached from the spool shaft, is disposed on an outer peripheral side of the first anti-rotation portion, and has an axial length such that the retainer member contacts the spool shaft. The anti-rotation groove is formed to extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to a length of the spool shaft, and engages the second anti-rotation portion.

Abstract: An ice fishing reel for facilitating automatic tension to the fishing line. The ice fishing reel includes a support assembly including a support member, a rod holder being in communication with the support member, and a shaft extending from the support member to support a spool; a handle assembly being in communication with the spool and the support assembly; and a spool tension assembly being supported upon the shaft and being biasedly engagable to the spool.

Abstract: A fly reel spool rotatably coupled with a frame mounted on a fishing rod to wind a fish line includes a rotary frame rotatably coupled inside the frame; a winding drum having a ball-catching protrusion on an inner circumference coupling with the rotary frame, the winding drum configured such that the fish line is wound on or unwound from an outer circumference; a locking ball installed in an outer circumference of the rotary frame to protrude from and retract into the rotary frame; elastic means for elastically holding the locking ball so that it protrudes from the outer circumference of the rotary frame, whereby the locking ball is caught by one touch on the ball-catching protrusion on the inner circumference of the winding drum when the rotary frame is coupled with the winding drum, and stopping means for supporting the winding drum and the rotary frame to rotate together.

Abstract: This invention relates to a fly reel, of which the drag system installed in the frame thereof comprises: a drag knob that is connected rotational to one side of periphery of the center shaft that is connected fixed to hub of frame; a drag disk that is spaced-apart from said drag knob and gets inserted rotational to periphery of said center shaft; a braking means for restraining said drag disk from rotating on said center shaft in accordance with transferred amount of said drag knob moved to axial direction of said center shaft; a drag disk bush that is inserted at said drag disk for being rotated together with said drag disk as said drag disk rotates, the drag disk bush having said center shaft inserted therein; a oneway bearing that is inserted at periphery of said drag disk bush, for permitting one directional rotation but for restraining the other directional rotation; and a drag cover that is inserted rotational at periphery of said center shaft so as to be rotated by regulated rotation of said spool, for

Abstract: A fly reel having a spool with multiple line holding portions, permitting a single rod an reel assembly to be simultaneously fitted with different types of fly line, and eliminating the need to remove and reinstall reels when changing types of fly line.

Abstract: A fishing reel including a housing and a nonrotatable main shaft fixed to the housing. A spool including a one-way clutch having a central bore rotatable about the main shaft is also provided. The reel further includes a sleeve located coaxial to and extending along the main shaft. The sleeve is supported for rotation by first and second bearing assemblies. The first bearing assembly has an inner race fixed with respect to the main shaft and an outer race fixed with respect to an inner surface of the sleeve. The second bearing assembly has an inner race fixed with respect to an outer surface of the sleeve and an outer race fixed with respect to the central hub. At least one drag washer is non-rotatably located on the sleeve. An end of the sleeve adjacent the first bearing assembly is received in the one-way clutch.

Abstract: A fishing reel component includes a boss, a spring member, a lid member, a push button and spring arrangement member. The boss forms a boss through hole and a mounting space. The spring member is mounted in the mounting space. The spring member includes first and second engagement portions arranged to oppose each other. The lid member is fixed to the boss to retain the spring member and cover the mounting space. The push button includes a plurality of tapered portions. The tapered portions protrude from the push operation portion in the axial direction. The spring arrangement member arranges the spring member between the lid member and the spring arrangement member. The spring arrangement member includes a plurality of first through holes with each of the first through holes being configured for one of the tapered portions to pass therethrough.

Abstract: A fishing reel including a housing having a central hub and a main shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, the main shaft being non-rotatably fixed to the central hub at its proximal end. A spool having a central recess is releasably secured to the main shaft distal end and a one-way clutch having a central bore is non-rotatably received in the central recess. The reel also includes a drag assembly with a drag housing having a drag surface and a central aperture, the drag housing being fixed to the central hub of the housing such that a drag cavity is formed therebetween. A sleeve extends along the main shaft and has a first portion received in the central bore of the one-way clutch and a second portion extending into the drag cavity. A first drag washer is disposed in the drag cavity and non-rotatably fixed to the second portion of the sleeve and a drag knob is rotatably secured to the housing.

Abstract: A modular fly fishing reel includes a frame with a side wall, a generally cylindrical axle cartridge removably mounted in a mounting socket of the frame side wall and also having an outer rotatable axle tube, and a spool having a hub removably secured on the axle tube by a quick release mechanism. The axle cartridge includes a drag assembly adjustable by a drag nut positioned adjacent the frame side wall and acting on the rotatable axle tube and spool. The quick release mechanism includes a detent that is spring biased through the spool hub to engage the axle tube, and releasable by a slide button or push button mounted on a spoke of the spool. The spool has a rim defining a line pocket and the side walls and bottom wall of the line pocket are convex for high strength and low weight.

Abstract: A fishing reel includes a spool disk, a handle disk mounted coaxially and in juxtaposition with the spool disk, a winding handle or crank affixed to the handle disk, and a brake mechanism, including an actuator incorporated in the handle, for applying a drag braking torque between the spool disk and the handle disk. The braking torque is controllable by a user by squeezing the handle while holding the handle for cranking. Accordingly, the user does not have to let go of the winding handle in order to apply or vary the drag.

Abstract: A fishing reel, having a spool and a drag mechanism having a drag washer therein, is provided with a drag cover means to cover said drag mechanism; and locking means engaging said drag cover means and said drag washer to lock said drag washer in position within said reel.

Abstract: A fishing reel which includes a body with a circular spool receiving cavity having a peripheral sidewall, an annular spool supporting surface which defines a central opening, and at least one line feed channel through the peripheral sidewall. An annular spool is positioned within the spool receiving cavity and is supported by the spool supporting surface. The spool has a circumferential line receiving cavity. The line receiving cavity is closed by the peripheral sidewall of the spool receiving cavity. The spool is rotated manually. A brake is provided for braking the rotation of the spool.

Abstract: A spinning reel spool is detachable from a spool shaft having a tapered surface and an engagement groove. The spool includes a spool unit, an engagement spring, a positioning projection, a lid member, an operation button, and an engagement hole. The spool unit includes a circular mounting space. The positioning projection determines the rotational position of the engagement spring. The operation button is mounted in the lid member and can pass over the engagement groove. The operation button includes a pair of tapered portions that are disposed with the spool shaft therebetween such that the gap between the pair of engagement portions is widened by movement of the operation button in the axial direction. The engagement hole controls the rotational position of the operation button.

Abstract: A fly-fishing reel has a reel body with a reversible pawl and an arbor. A spindle shaft with a gear rotates on the arbor, the gear and pawl limiting the direction of rotation. A spool and lockably engaged drive plate rotate on the spindle shaft and are secured thereon by a drag capsule which attaches to the spindle shaft. Tightening the drag capsule on the spindle shaft forcibly engages friction surfaces on the spindle shaft, the spool, the drive plate, and the drag capsule to provide an adjustable dual disk drag mechanism, as well as securing the drive plate and spool together. The spool can be readily replaced with a different spool and the spools are preferably reversible on the spindle shaft. A winding handle is attached to the drive plate to provide direct-drive action, or is attached to the drag capsule to provide a non-return action.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus implementing a quick-change spool system. A quick-change spool system includes one or more spools, each spool including a cavity in which there are one or more recesses. The system includes a spool base configured for detachably coupling with a spool support shaft of a fishing reel body, the spool base including a member configured for mating with the cavity of one of the spools. The system includes a retaining mechanism that includes one or more spring-loaded keys that are shaped such that the keys depress when the member of the spool base is being inserted into the cavity of one of the spools and, furthermore, extend to engage the recesses when the member of the spool is fully inserted into the cavity.

Abstract: In a fishing reel, a spool (200) can be easily and firmly assembled with a housing (100) and is not unexpectedly separated from the housing after assembled, and the rotation of the spool in one direction can be braked without moving a main shaft (110) relative to the housing. The fishing reel has a housing and a spool. A main shaft is fixed to a hub (130) of the housing. The spool has a winding drum (210) disposed at a center thereof. The winding drum contains a one-way clutch integrally fixed thereto. A sleeve surrounds a central portion of the main shaft with being in contact with the central portion. The sleeve is fitted in the one-way clutch and permitted to rotate in only one direction by the one-way clutch when the spool has been assembled with the housing. The spool can rotate in only one direction relative to the housing when the frictional force between the main shaft and the sleeve is adjusted to be maximum. The spool can rotate in either direction more freely as the frictional force is decreased.

Abstract: A change-speed construction is adapted for use in a fishing reel, and includes a rotary arm pivotally mounted on a side plate of a reel body at an inner end thereof, a handle unit fixed on an outer end of the rotary arm, and a control shaft mounted on the inner end of the rotary arm. The control shaft is biased to an extended position relative to the reel body. A hollow housing is fixed on the inner end of the rotary arm, and permits extension of the control shaft therethrough. The control shaft is axially movable from the extended position to a retracted position. A spring member is disposed in the housing. A retaining member includes an elongated retaining plate that has an inner end pivotally connected to a pivot member disposed in the housing, and a push knob connected fixedly to an outer end of the retaining plate in such a manner that the knob is exposed outwardly from the housing.

Abstract: A fishing reel includes a spool that includes a cylindrical spool drum 15, a disk-shaped inner flange 16 mounted on or alternatively formed at one end of the spool drum 15, and outer flange 17 mounted by four bolts 17a to the spool drum 15. Inner flange 16 is formed such that it opposes the side plate of the reel body, and male screw part 16a is provided protruding at the center part thereof. The outer flange 17 is formed by press forming an aluminum alloy, for example.

Abstract: A large arbor fly fishing reel is provided with a smooth drag and the ability to change spools without removing any additional parts. The reel is provided with spring loaded locking tabs permanently fixed to a spool base which retain the spool upon the spool base and a drag to which pressure is applied through a central spring.

Abstract: A hydraulic drag fly reel for creating drag resistance on fishing line when playing a hooked fish to prevent backlash, wherein the hydraulic drag fly reel comprises a crank plate, a fishing line storage spool connected or mounted to the crank plate by way of a hub extending from the interior of the crank plate, a crank handle connected to the outside of the crank plate for rotating the spool, and a hydraulic drag system including an oil chamber, a turbine disposed in the oil chamber and a gearing system for rotating the turbine within the chamber when releasing line so as to automatically create drag on the fishing line in proportion to the resistance of the fluid in the chamber. The resistive drag automatically adjust in proportion to the force exerted by the hooked fish, especially with accelerated movements.

Abstract: The reel according to the invention comprises a spool support shaft that is held in a reel housing by its rear section and supports a front hub that comprises a front cylindrical coaxial barrel connected by means of a shoulder to a coaxial rear skirt. A line supply extends onto the front cylindrical coaxial barrel of the front hub and locks by means of an axial hole. The line supply comprises a solid front wall, blocking the axial hole toward the front.

Abstract: A bait cast fishing reel includes a frame, a first side assembly disclosed on a first side of the frame and a second side assembly disclosed on a second side of the frame. The first side assembly includes a drive train. The second side assembly rotatably supports a spool shaft extending from the second side assembly to the first side of the frame and into releasable engagement with the drive train of the first side assembly. The second side assembly is separable from the frame to disengage an end of the spool shaft from the first side assembly so as to expose the end. The fishing reel further includes a spool having a center bore receiving the shaft, whereby the spool may be mounted onto the shaft or demounted from the shaft over the exposed end of the shaft.

Abstract: A fly fishing reel is disclosed which allows for a simplified construction allowing for reversibility of the drag effect on a spool to facilitate left- or right-hand operation without disassembling small parts which can be lost in the boat. The spool structure is strengthened by virtue of a tapered design. A snap-on cap doubles as a support for a spring that holds the spool to a shaft.

Abstract: A cover locking device for a bait cast reel for easily detaching the cover which is assembled at one side of the reel body so as to rotatably receive one end of the spool shaft of a spool on which a fishing line is wound. The cover locking device comprises a first spring located in a first recess formed in the reel body, a locking member received in the first recess and biassed by the first spring to protrude outwardly from the first recess, and a button received in a second recess formed in an outer surface of the cover. A pressing member projects from the button and is inserted in a guide hole to contact the locking member which extends into a third recess in the cover. The guide hole connects the second and third recesses. A stopper on the pressing member prevents the pressing member from escaping from the third recess. When the button is pressed, the locking member is displaced from the third recess to unblock rotation of the cover and enable its unlatching from the reel body.

Abstract: A line spool assembly to be mounted on a spindle in an open-face fishing reel of the fixed-spool type has a hollow shaft non-rotatably mountable on the spindle, and a line spool rotatably mounted on the shaft. The line spool has an inner sleeve member rotatably mounted on the shaft, and an outer sleeve member for receiving a fishing line wound thereon, the outer sleeve member being non-rotatably mounted on the inner sleeve member and, by a releasable locking element, axially fixed thereto. A line spool drag acting between the shaft and the inner sleeve member for braking the rotation thereof around the shaft. The outer sleeve member is, when the locking element is released, axially removable from the inner sleeve member so as to be separated from the rest of the line spool assembly.

Abstract: An anti-reverse fishing reel includes a housing with an arbor extending therefrom. A crank assembly has a crank arm with an extending shaft. A hollow core of the shaft is adapted to be rotatably and detachably mounted on the arbor. A spool is rotatably and detachably mounted on the shaft, and includes a hub for holding fishing line. A drag control is mounted on the shaft of the crank assembly, and is disposed between the crank arm and the spool when the spool is mounted on the shaft. An anti-reverse feature is provided by mounting the shaft on the arbor via a one-way clutch. A clicker assembly is provided in the spool to provide a clicking sound when fishing line is withdrawn from the reel. A latch is mounted to the crank arm for releasably engaging a terminal end of the arbor. The latch releasably secures the shaft to the arbor and thereby releasably secures the spool on the shaft within the housing.

Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a simple structure for a fly type fishing reel to prevent the occurrence of noise caused by axial backlash between a shaft and a spool. A spool is rotatably supported on a shaft through at least one bearing, and a peripheral groove is formed on a fore end portion of the shaft. A cap is fixed to a center of the spool with a screw. An engaging knob plate to detachably engage the spool with the shaft is provided between the cap and the spool. A concave portion is formed approximately at a center of the reverse side of the cap for accommodating the fore end portion of the shaft, and a floating absorption member is inserted into and fixed in the concave portion. The floating absorption member may be made of felt, a resilient laminated member of rubber on which a metallic plate and a synthetic resin plate are stacked, or a leaf spring.

Abstract: A "horizontal" type reel for fly fishing comprising a line-receiving spool mounted to rotate inside a housing and rotated by a step-up gear mechanism controlled by a lever pivotally mounted on the end wall of the housing about an axis that is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the spool, said lever extending along the handle of a fishing rod.

Abstract: A fishing reel employing an adjustable, lightweight and smooth operating drag mechanism for producing rotational drag on the rotation of the line spool in one direction. A frame includes a stationary spindle which houses a radially expandable drag adjustable by a drag knob which threads into the spindle. A bushing is rotatably disposed on the spindle and has an internal surface which frictionally engages with a radially expandable brake of the spindle to provide drag on the bushing. A line spool rotatably mounts to the bushing and includes a lock which engage the bushing when the line spool is rotated in a first direction to lock the rotation of the line spool to the rotation of the bushing in the first direction and thereby provide adjustable drag on the rotation of the line spool. The lock allows free rotation in a second reverse direction, such as when reeling line onto the line spool.

Abstract: A fishing reel 10 includes a casing 12 having a mounting plate 14 for mounting on a fishing rod. A first elongate member 16 extends from the casing 12 in a direction substantially normal to a longitudinal axis of the fishing rod, the first elongate member 16 being rotatably mounted about a shaft which, int urn, is rotatably mounted in the casing 12. A second elongate member projects from the casing 12 in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fishing rod. A spool 20 is releasably mounted on either the first elongate member 16 or the second elongate member. A control means 22 is mounted within the casing 12 for controlling operation of the first elongate member 16. The control means 22 includes a drag mechanism 50, a brake mechanism 62 and a noise-making mechanism.