Fishing-reel
81spinning reel — noun Date: 1950 a fishing reel with a nonmoving spool on which the line is wound by means of a revolving arm which can be disengaged to allow the line to spiral freely off the spool during casting …
82automatic reel — a fishing reel that winds in line automatically when the fish is hooked or a button is pressed …
83ball-handle reel — a fishing reel with a spherical counterweight on its counterbalanced crank, e.g. found on New York reels, q.v …
84big-game reel — any fishing reel that is large and made for marine trolling …
85cage reel — 1) a fishing reel that is light, made of wire and has donut shaped spool …
86cage-reel — 2) a fishing reel with spools (called skeleton spools) and side plates with pieces cut out to ventilate the line …
87fly reel — a fishing reel designed to hold a fly line, fairly light, simply constructed (as fly line is pulled off and cast by hand, is relatively short and has no weights for distance casting), attached near the end of the fly rod, and may have a drag… …
88Indiana reel — a large diameter, narrow fishing reel with forked spokes around the ends of which the line is wound. The large diameter made for rapid retrieval and the narrow spool facilitated thumbing during the cast …
89Kentucky reel — a quality fishing reel made in Kentucky up to about 1940, including fly reels and saltwater reels, now collectors items …
90New York-style reel — a fishing reel made in New York of the multiplier type characterised by a counter balanced crank and sometimes swivelling discs to protect the spool bearings and facilitate oiling …
