Waterwings
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Thought I'd add this post showing a vintage rod & reel my wife bought for me a couple of yrs ago for my "man room" as she calls it: The reel is a Meisselbach TriPart #581, with patent #'s on the side plate ranging from 1904 to 1909. The rod is a 3-piece metal rod with the name stamped opposite side of where the reel seat sets. Have not been able to locate the date of the rod. The name on the rod is Nuvalu or Nuvalo (hard to tell), and there's an arrow inscribed going through the name. Under that is stamped Insured, USA, Chicago. Anyone have any idea who the actual manufacturer was? Here's a couple of pics: