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The Allcock's Duplex threadline spinning reel
Its probably one of the simplest of all ideas.
On the surface it’s to convert a reel from left to right hand wind, or is it?
Allcock's in association with a Mr B J Wakeflied of Plymouth jointly sealed a Patent on May 10th 1932.
The production reel became the Allcock's Duplex reel.
I assume Wakefield had coms sort of royalty agreement
I was thought the simple idea of rotating the whole reel 180 degrees gave the option of right or left hand wind, wrong! The patent states;
“the direction of rotation of the flyer can be changed by turning the reel body through 180 degrees about a pivot”, that pivot being the large screw at the rear.
So the Patent design was to untwist line, a scenario that plagued the spinning lure fisherman’s for years and still does today.
Initially the spring bail had to be held open with finger, then later a brass stud was fitted to the stem to hold it open.
this has a replacement bail arm stud fitted and a small chip out of rear of the foot, a fully worming example
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Its probably one of the simplest of all ideas.
On the surface it’s to convert a reel from left to right hand wind, or is it?
Allcock's in association with a Mr B J Wakeflied of Plymouth jointly sealed a Patent on May 10th 1932.
The production reel became the Allcock's Duplex reel.
I assume Wakefield had coms sort of royalty agreement
I was thought the simple idea of rotating the whole reel 180 degrees gave the option of right or left hand wind, wrong! The patent states;
“the direction of rotation of the flyer can be changed by turning the reel body through 180 degrees about a pivot”, that pivot being the large screw at the rear.
So the Patent design was to untwist line, a scenario that plagued the spinning lure fisherman’s for years and still does today.
Initially the spring bail had to be held open with finger, then later a brass stud was fitted to the stem to hold it open.
this has a replacement bail arm stud fitted and a small chip out of rear of the foot, a fully worming example
The post Allcocks Duplex early threadline English fishing reel dating c 1935-40 appeared first on Thomas Turner Fishing Antiques.
Available now on Thomas Turner Fishing Antiques - Buy Here...