ANTIQUE FISHING REELS

Line dryers were designed to make it easy for anglers to remove the wet linen or silk lines from their reels so that they could rinse and dry their lines before they became moldy and began to rot.  Line was quite expensive back in the day and taking good care of your line meant not having to replace it quite as often.  There were a few companies that made line dryers but many were hand made affairs, some quite simple, however a few displaying great workmanship and character.