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US 6,629,382 B2Granted
Fishing rod handle
AssigneeWye-Yoshi Corporation
InventorsPeter Irrgang, Yasuo Yoshida
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Abstract
A fly fishing assembly includes a rod with an elongated sleeve mounted thereon and a cowl on one end of the sleeve for partially surrounding the rod in the vicinity of the reel to inhibit sliding of the hand of a user from the handle. By providing a flange on the bottom trailing end of the cowl, contact between the little finger of the hand holding the rod and the reel is prevented. Thus, the little finger can be positioned in front of the flange so that the caster can safely use it to lead the proper timing of casing.
Claims6
A fly fishing assembly comprising:
- an elongated rod;
- a reel seat body on one end of said rod for receiving a reel;
- a reel on the bottom of the reel seat body;
- an up locking reel lock for locking one end of said reel on said reel seat body;
- a fixed ring for locking a second end of said reel on said reel seat body;
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- a handle on said rod including:
- an elongated sleeve on the rod overlapping said reel seat body, the sleeve having a smooth bulbous central portion, a flaring rear end, a first smooth, waisted portion between said central portion and said flaring rear end, and a semicylindrical cowl on the rear end of the sleeve partially surrounding the top and sides of the fixed ring and the reel seat body in the vicinity of the reel, the cowl having top and side surfaces forming a continuation of the flaring rear end of the sleeve for inhibiting rearward sliding of the hand of a user from the handle during casting the top surface of the cowl covering the fixed ring and a major portion of the reel seat body.
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