Farlow Barrett Spinning reel c.1927-40

One obvious and very effective brake device is your finger! So using this principle, Farlow of London set about developing and filing a Patent application for the Barrett spinning reel. Initially appearing in 4” it soon became available with a 4-1.2” diameter drum. The idea was genius. We all know that finger pressure on any [...]
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