ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,585, issued on Nov. 18.
"Fly fishing reel with brake assembly and methods" was invented by Cary Hogan Jones (Joliet, Mont.) and George Stickler (Red Lodge, Mont.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fishing reel and related method include a housing, a spool, and a brake assembly. The housing includes an external circumferential surface and an internal circumferential surface. The spool is configured to have a length of fishing line wound thereon, and is rotatable relative to the housing about a rotation shaft. The brake assembly is mounted to and rotatable with the spool. The brake assembly includes a plurality of pivotally mounted pawls...