Line winding device for fishing reels

A line winding device for fishing reels comprising:

• a. a base member adapted to be affixed to a generally vertical support,
• b. a spool bar adapted for the mounting thereon of a spool of bulk fishing line for axial rotation relative to said support, from which spool said line may be paid out to a fishing rod and reel combination, said spool bar constituting an angled bar having right-angled first and second legs,
• c. connecting means joining said spool bar to said base and comprising a stud affixed to said base member and having an outwardly opening first bore formed therein for receiving the free end portion of the first of said bar legs slidably and rotatably therein, said spool being mountable for axial rotation on the second leg of said bar, said first leg extending generally horizontally outwardly from said support, whereby by turning said first leg in said stud said spool may be positioned selectively in either of two relatively reversed horizontal positions, or in either of two relatively reversed vertical positions, all of said horizontal and vertical positions lying in a generally vertical plane, said stud being provided with a second bore disposed horizontally and at right angles to said first bore, the first leg of said spool bar being insertable alternatively in said second bore, whereby the spool carried by said second bar leg is so disposed that line is paid out over the end of said spool in a direction parallel to its axis, and
• d. means operable to fix said first bar leg in said stud at any desired angular position in the rotation thereof.