Clinton Nickel Silver Sidemount Trout Reel 5'6" An excellent Hunt Pattern model

An excellent Hunt Pattern model that's ready for the river or your collection

The VL&A decal remains 98% intact

The Swiss-style nickel silver ferrules have a wonderful fit

Red and gold tipping at the winding check and ferrules

There are some very small and faint marks in the anodizing on the winding plate

Clinton Nickel Silver Sidemount Trout Reel 5'6" An excellent Hunt Pattern modelFor 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