摘要 |
PURPOSE: Stem cushion grip, and method of assembly, for fishing reel are provided, which solve problems that the pressure contact of a forefinger, a middle finger or the thumb with a hard material such as a metal, plastic or a composite material in a mounting leg and a stem of a spinning reel formed from the hard material is uncomfortable when casting a fishing line. CONSTITUTION: For an under-the-rod type fishing reel including a foot structure for securing the fishing reel on a fishing rod, a reel body, and a reel stem(32) extending between the foot(20) structure and the reel body(30), the apparatus comprises a preformed elastic band(52) placed on the reel stem(32) by an inventive method wherein the elastic band(52) is preferably stretched over either the foot(20) structure or the body(30) of the reel and allowed to contract around and onto the reel stem(32). The elastic band(52) provides at least one contacting surface(56) on the reel stem for a user's fingers. The elastic band(52) preferably contracts into a recess formed around the reel stem(32) and having a shape corresponding to that of the elastic band(52).
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