Clinton Nickel Silver Sidemount Trout Reel 8’5” way to put it all

way to put it all together

especially with a spare spool and in this condition

Aluminum up-locking reel seat over a bakelite spacer

perhaps the initials of the maker of this tip

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Clinton Nickel Silver Sidemount Trout Reel 8’5” way to put it allFor sale here is a very rare and historically important Clinton sidemount trout reel. Marked "C. M. Clinton Ithaca N. Y. Pat Oct. 29 '89". Charles M. Clinton of Ithaca, NY was granted patent No. 413,774 on October 29, 1889, essentially for his improvements on the all hard rubber reel patented earlier by Alonzo Fowler, also of NY, in 1872. Built with an oil reservoir that ran through the spool shaft, the reel was offered in both all German silver and