Patent ID: 7748657
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A tool for loading line onto a fishing reel, the tool comprising in combination: an elongate shank adapted to be coupled to a rotating driver; a cylinder rigidly and permanently coupled to said shank, a central axis of said cylinder aligned with a long axis of said shank, said cylinder including a bore extending axially into an end of said cylinder opposite said shank; a slot in a wall of said cylinder passing radially into said bore, said slot extending from an entry at an end of said cylinder opposite said shank to a closed end, said slot sufficiently wide to receive at least a portion of an arm of a reel of a fishing rod therein, such that said arm is caused to turn when said cylinder turns; and wherein said slot includes an axial leg adjacent a free end of said cylinder opposite said shank and a circumferential leg joined to said axial leg at a bend therebetween.