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PRESTO  Wood & Metal Sidecast Fishing Reel c. (unknown)

Backplate 4 1/8” Diameter        Spool 2 ½” Wide

 Nickel plated brass with silky oak spool

 Unusual pivot mechanism unlike any other reel

 

HALL Threadline Spinning Fishing Reel c. 1960 

Spool 5” Diameter                   Spool 1 ¾” Wide

 All aluminium and brass construction  Gearbox from the end wing-flaps of a Catalina flying boat Weighs 6 ½ lb  made by Albert Hall

 

SURFMASTER Revolving Drum Multiplier Fishing Reel c. 1946

 Backplate 3”  Diameter                 Spool 2” Wide

 One of six prototypes made by inventor Gordon Lewis

 This was his personal reel

 

 SURFMASTER Revolving Drum Multiplier Fishing Reel c. 1946

 Backplate 3” Diameter                 Spool 2” Wide

 One of the initial production batch of 50

Similar to the prototype except for double crossbars

 
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