Reel assembly for storing fishing line

A reel assembly for storing fishing line including:

• a housing comprising a first housing part and a second housing part;
• and
• a spool rotatably mounted to the second housing part, the spool having a central support formation on which the fishing line can be wound, the spool defining an axis of rotation about which the spool is rotated for winding and unwinding the fishing line onto the spool, in use,
• the first housing part and the second housing part each having first and second complementary releasable connecting formations for releasably connecting the first housing part and the second housing part to one another in a selected one of:
• a housing configuration wherein the first housing part and the second housing part are releasably connected to one another by the first connecting formations of the housing parts in an arrangement wherein the housing parts substantially surround the spool;
• and
• a supporting configuration wherein the first housing part is releasably connected to an underside of the second housing part by the second connecting formations of the housing parts, in an arrangement wherein the first housing part provides a base for supporting the second housing part on a substrate surface;
• wherein the reel assembly further includes cleaning means including at least one cleaning element for cleaning the fishing line;
• and a holder for holding the cleaning element, the holder being releasably attachable to the housing and having at least one passage extending therethrough for receiving the fishing line, the holder and the cleaning element being configured such that when the fishing line is drawn through the passage of the holder when winding the fishing line onto the spool, in use, the fishing line is brought into contact with the cleaning element for cleaning the fishing line.

A reel assembly for storing fishing line including:

• a housing comprising a first housing part and a second housing part;
• and
• a spool rotatably mounted to the second housing part, the spool having a central support formation on which the fishing line can be wound, the spool defining an axis of rotation about which the spool is rotated for winding and unwinding the fishing line onto the spool, in use,
• the first housing part and the second housing part each having first and second complementary releasable connecting formations for releasably connecting the first housing part and the second housing part to one another in a selected one of:
• a housing configuration wherein the first housing part and the second housing part are releasably connected to one another by the first connecting formations of the housing parts in an arrangement wherein the housing parts substantially surround the spool;
• and
• a supporting configuration wherein the first housing part is releasably connected to an underside of the second housing part by the second connecting formations of the housing parts, in an arrangement wherein the first housing part provides a base for supporting the second housing part on a substrate surface;
• wherein the reel assembly further includes at least one spacer adapter which is releasably mountable to the spool, the spacer adapter providing a support structure which surrounds the central support formation of the spool and upon which the fishing line is wound, in use, for supporting the fishing line at positions spaced outwardly from the central support formation.