A fly-fishing reel which has succeeded in overcoming such disadvantages of conventional ones that because a reel is attached to a rod through a rod connector having a constant thickness in the longitudinal direction, the center of gravity of the reel at which the reel weight is applied to the rod coincides with the center of the rod connector and is relatively away from a grip portion of the rod rearward, and hence the weight balance is not satisfactory in operation of swinging the rod to fly a fishing line. The inventive reel comprises a holder provided with a pair of flanges for guiding a rotating member, at least one line guide provided between the pair of flanges, a joint base provided between the pair of flanges and located below the line guide, and a rod connector having a joining flat portion which is inclined and joined to a recessed flat portion of the joint base. The center of gravity of the reel is shifted toward the side of a grip portion.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
1. Field of the Invention 
The present invention relates to a fly-fishing reel, and more particularly 
to a novel improvement of the reel wherein a rod connector is mounted on a 
rod to provide a rod attachment surface inclined relative to the rod 
surface, the attachment surface is joined to a recessed flat portion on 
the reel side with good fittingness therebetween, and at least one line 
guide is provided in a predetermined angular position to avoid contact 
between the guide and a fishing line when the line is flied. 
2. Description of the Related Art 
Hitherto, fly-fishing reels have been generally constructed such that, 
though not shown, the reel is directly attached using fasteners to a rod 
connector in the form of a flat plate which is mounted on the root side of 
a rod. 
In such a conventional fly-fishing reel, because the reel is located 
rearward of a grip portion of the rod and is directly attached to the rod 
through a rod connector having a constant thickness relative to the rod 
surface in the longitudinal direction, the center of gravity of the reel 
coincides with the center of the rod connector in the longitudinal 
direction and is not adjustable. Thus, a heavy weight of the reel is 
applied to the rod at a position relatively away from the grip portion 
rearward, and hence the weight balance has not been satisfactory in 
operation of swinging the rod to fly a fishing line. 
Further, the conventional fly fishing reel has a plurality of, typically 
three, line guides bridging between a pair of flanges or a holder which is 
a main component of the reel. The three line guides are arranged with 
angular intervals of 90.degree., and one of them is located at an 
uppermost position relative to the rod. Therefore, when the fishing line 
is let to fly out from the reel in the flying operation, the line contacts 
the line guide at the uppermost position, imposing resistance on the line 
flying out. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
The present invention has been made with the view of overcoming the 
problems set forth above, and its object is to provide a fly-fishing reel 
in which a rod connector is mounted on a rod to provide a rod attachment 
surface inclined relative to the rod surface, the attachment surface is 
joined to a recessed flat portion on the reel side with good fittingness 
therebetween, and at least one line guide is provided in a predetermined 
angular position to avoid contact between the guide and a fishing line 
when the line is flied. 
A fly-fishing reel according to the present invention comprises a holder 
including a drum-shaped rotating member which is rotatably provided 
through a support and over which a fishing line is wound, a driving handle 
provided on the rotating member, a pair of flanges provided on the holder 
in spaced relation from each other for guiding the rotating member, at 
least one line guide provided to extend and connect between the pair of 
flanges, a joint base provided on the holder and arranged at a 
predetermined angular distance with respect to the line guide, a recessed 
flat portion formed in a lower surface of the joint base, and a rod 
connector having a joining flat portion joined to the recessed flat 
portion, the joining flat portion of the rod connector being inclined 
relative to a lower surface of the rod connector, a position of the center 
of gravity of the rotating member being offset from a position of the 
center of the rod connector in the longitudinal direction thereof. Then, 
preferably, the line guide is provided in number two and the predetermined 
angular distance is 120.degree..

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
A preferred embodiment of a fly-fishing reel according to the present 
invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 
In FIG. 5, reference number 1 denotes a rod and 2 denotes a rod connector 
mounted to a rear end of the rod 1 with a reel 3 attached to the rod 
connector 2. A grip portion 4 is formed on the rod 1 forward of the rod 
connector 2 so that the user can grip the grip portion 4 by hands for 
flying a fishing line. 
The reel 3 comprises a holder 5A provided with a joint base 5 having a 
recessed flat portion 5a which is joined to a joining flat portion 2a of 
the rod connector 2, a pair of flanges 8, 9 spaced from each other and 
connected together by two line guides 6, 7 (although two line guides are 
used in this embodiment, the number of line guides may be one) which are 
extend to bridge the flanges (in the axial direction), the flanges and the 
line guides cooperatively constituting the holder 5A, a rotating member 11 
rotatably guided by the flanges 8, 9 through a support 30, e.g., a 
bearing, and having a shaft portion 10 in the form of a drum as a whole, 
and a driving handle 12 provided on the rotating member 11 to project out 
of the holder 5A. 
The line guides 6, 7 are disposed with a predetermined angular distance 
(which is 120.degree. in this embodiment, but may be any other suitable 
angle than 120.degree.) between them. The joint base 5 is disposed with a 
predetermined angular distance (which is 120.degree. in this embodiment, 
but may be any other suitable angle than 120.degree.) from each of the 
line guides 6, 7. The recessed flat portion 5a formed in the joint base 5 
has a planar direction perpendicular to a diametrical direction A of the 
rotating member 11. Therefore, a position B of the center of gravity of 
the reel 3 (i.e., a position of the axis thereof) is offset from a 
position C of the center of the rod connector 2 in the longitudinal 
direction so that the position B of the center of gravity of the reel 3 is 
shifted toward the side of the grip portion 4. 
The recessed flat portion 5a is formed in the joint base 5 as shown in 
FIGS. 6 and 7. The joining flat portion 2a formed on an upper surface of 
the rod connector 2 is fitted to the recessed flat portion 5a, and screws 
40 are screwed into threaded holes 5aA formed in the flat portion 5a, 
whereby the rod connector 2 and holder 5A are joined together. 
Additionally, the joining flat portion 2a is inclined relative to a lower 
surface 2b of the rod connector 2. 
With the above-described construction, the center of gravity of the reel 3 
is somewhat shifted toward the fore side of the rod 1 in comparison with 
the conventional reels, and therefore the weight balance is improved in 
operation of swinging the rod 1 to fly a fishing line when the rod 
provided with the reel is practically used for fly fishing. Further, since 
only two line guides 6, 7 are disposed in an upper portion of the reel 3, 
a larger open space 20 than conventional is formed in the upper portion of 
the reel 3 between the line guides 6, 7. When a fishing line (not shown) 
wound over the shaft portion 10 of the rotating member 11 is let to fly 
out of the reel 3 in the flying operation, the line smoothly runs through 
the open space 20 without contacting the line guides 6, 7. Note that if it 
is not required to both the line guides 6, 7, one of them may be omitted. 
Also, with such a structure that the joint base 5 of the holder 5A is 
joined to the joining flat portion 2a of the rod connector 2 through the 
recessed flat portion 5a, even when the holder 5A and the rod connector 2 
are different in material properties from each other, the holder 5A and 
the rod connector 2 can be retained in a stable connection state due to 
good fittingness between the recessed flat portion 5a and the joining flat 
portion 2a without causing a shift deviation. In other words, even if a 
rise in temperature causes the holder 5A and the rod connector 2 to expand 
in different conditions because of their specific material properties, the 
recessed flat portion 5a serves to maintain good fittingness with respect 
to the joining flat portion 2a. Additionally, as mentioned above, the 
number of line guides may be one or three. 
The fly-fishing reel according to the present invention constructed as 
described above can provide the following advantages. 
Since the recessed flat portion of the reel and the inclined joining flat 
portion of the rod connector are joined to each other so that the center 
of gravity of the reel is shifted toward the fore side of the rod in 
comparison with the conventional reels, the operation of swinging the rod 
to fly a fishing line is better balanced. Further, since the inclined 
joining flat portion of the rod connector is joined to the recessed flat 
portion of the reel, good fittingness is obtained between both the flat 
portions, and even when the holder and the rod connector are different in 
material properties, etc. from each other, satisfactory fittingness is 
ensured therebetween. As a result, the reel can be positively retained on 
the rod in its inclined state.