ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,646, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to OClarkii LLC (Buffalo, Wyo.).

"Systems and methods for semi-automatic fly-fishing reels" was invented by Bradly Williams (Buffalo, Wyo.), Zac Sexton (Buffalo, Wyo.), Rodney Fought (Buffalo, Wyo.) and Andrew Mechura (Buffalo, Wyo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present application may include fishing reel assemblies (1) having a fishing reel (2), a toollessly adjustable mounting foot (3) attached to a fishing reel which can allow adjustability of a fishing rod (4) with respect to the reel (2). A fishing reel assembly may include at least one mount (19) for attachment of acces...