Mitchell Sports

Alain Plestan

Jean Bernard

Jean-Baptiste Marlot

A fishing reel front section includes a support shaft extending along an axis and configured for reciprocal movement along the axis, a spool supported by the support shaft and a drum rotatably supported about the spool. The spool includes a peripheral groove configured to store fishing line, a front flange on a first side of the groove, a rear flange on a second opposite side of the groove and a rear skirt extending from the rear flange and terminating at a rear edge. The drum includes a body, first and second diametrically opposed retrieval arms extending forward from the body and a bail arm coupled to ends of the first and second retrieval arms. Each retrieval arm has a base proximate the body and an opposite end. The first and second retrieval arms define a fishing line retrieval side and a fishing line casting side on opposite sides of a plane parallel to the axis and intersecting the first and second retrieval arms. The first bail arm moves between a retrieval position in which the first bail arm extends on the retrieval side so as to wind fishing line on the spool and a casting position in which the first bail arm extends on the casting side so as to permit fishing line to be released. The fishing reel front section further includes a surface extending between the first and second retrieval arms on the line retrieval side. At least a portion of the surface extends forward the rear edge of the spool. The one exemplary embodiment, a fishing reel front section includes a second bail arm between the first and second retrieval arms. The second bail arm has a forward edge providing the surface and an opposite rear edge spaced from the body.

Fishing reel with bail arm

A fishing reel comprises a rigid housing, made from the assembly of several parts, and covered with a waterproof flexible casing, except for the openings for access for mechanical parts and the foot. A cover pinches the casing around the front opening for access for the main reel shaft. The foot pinches the casing around a fastening tenon for the foot. Some plugs ensure waterproofing by pinching the casing around the openings for access for the crank shaft. Therefore, the housing provides effective waterproofing by protecting the gear mechanism in the cavity of the housing.

Waterproof reel

A fixed spool, rotary line recovery device fishing reel includes a rotary drum carrying a recovery device bail arm articulated to the drum at both ends. The first end of the bail arm carries a roller over which the line passes during recovery. The roller is cylindrical or slightly concave and of sufficient length to allow unimpeded axial movement of the line due to the amount of line wound onto the spool and due to the relative position of the recovery device relative to the fishing pole. This reduces the stresses exerted on the line and its gradual tendency to twist.

Fishing reel with adaptable line guide roller

A fishing reel comprises a spool whose posterior flange carries a ring engaged in an annular peripheral groove. The ring comprises studs sliding in longitudinal grooves on the inside surface of a cylindrical peripheral wall of the flyer. The ring prevents the line getting between the spool and the flyer.

Fishing reel with enclosed spool and line retaining device

A fishing reel with a fixed spool and line recovery device comprises a flyer rotated about an axis and carrying a line recovery bail. The bail and the flyer comprise respective pinch surfaces which are pressed together when the bail is in a line recovery position. The fishing line is engaged and pinched between the pinch surfaces and is therefore tensioned between the spool and the recovery device from the start of line recovery. This improves the regularity with which the line is wound around the spool.

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Marignier, France

Alain Plestan