W.c. Bradley/zebco Holdings, Inc.

Brunswick Corporation

M Scott Smith

Kent L Zwayer

Robert R Wilson

Tony Wei

Henry L Neufeld

Robert D Bagby

Chris Flory

Joshua Buck

Richard K Coleman

A fishing reel designed to minimize line snag and simplify clicker operation. A frame mounted spool includes a forward flange defining a circumferential groove for receiving a smooth surfaced ring that is loosely mounted therein for minimizing line interaction. A spinner head assembly has pin arms that are pivotally secured to a rearward face. The pin arms present a substantially smooth rear surface for minimizing line snags. Pin springs are mounted on the opposite face of spinner head member and communicate with the pin arms via pin arm posts that extend through openings. An enclosure is affixed to the forward face of the spinner head for permitting the pin springs to have freedom of movement, but for enclosing pin springs and posts to prevent interaction with fishing line. A dual clicker passes through the frame for engaging the spool and the drag adjusting wheel.

Fishing reel with improved line management and control system and clicker mechanism

A fishing reel, such as a spincast reel or a spinning reel, has a clutch assembly mounted on a shaft adjacent to the rotating component, the clutch assembly for frictional engagement with a rotating component. The clutch assembly has a first and a second protuberance. A bite alert contact is located for engagement with the first protuberance. A calibration member is adjacent the clutch assembly for engagement with the second protuberance. The calibration member provides a selectable amount of resistance to rotation of the clutch assembly, thereby regulating an amount of rotational force required to activate the bite alert contact. The fishing reel may further include a sensitivity switch for adjusting the selectable amount of resistance provided by the calibration member, which may adjust the resistance in discrete amounts.

Sensitivity adjustment for electronic bite alert for a fishing reel

A fishing reel is provided with an electronic demonstration feature that allows for electronic features of said reel to be activated, but which prevents prospective purchasers from unnecessarily depleting battery life of the device. An on/off switch is provided for selectively closing the circuit. A 'try me' switch is also provided for temporarily activating the electronics. The 'try me' switch prevents manipulation of the on/off switch into the &#x201c;on&#x201d; position but allows for the electronic feature to be temporarily activated. After purchase, the &#x201c;try me&#x201d; switch may be is removed to allow the on/off switch to function without interference.

Demonstration mode for electronic fishing reel

An equipment selecting system for assisting in selecting optimal fishing equipment for catching a desired type of fish that includes a correlating device for displaying a first reference and a second reference. The first reference is associated with a type of fish selected from a plurality of types of fish. Each fishing kit is optimized for fishing for one of the plurality of types of fish. The second reference of the correlating device is associated with a suggested one of the fishing kits. The fishing kits are preferably assembled to provide optimal equipment for a particular species of fish, as indicated by the correlating device.

Method and system for selecting optimal fishing equipment

Fishing rod handle

Integral floating fishing rod handle and reel combination

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Growing community of inventors

Broken Arrow, OK, United States of America

M Scott Smith