Augustus Hendrick and his two sons were employed by Isaac Boothe at his Star Reel Works in Birmingham. Charles F. Loomis, a machinist at a nearby shop, patented a reel with a perforated, well-ventilated spool in 1890. In 1892, Hendrick received his only patent for what may qualify as the cheapest reel ever made in a factory. Star Reel Works manufactured reels employing both patents, a line of "Mascot" reels, and a variety of other reels. The company advertised regularly in national sporting magazines.
    The reels below are a sampling of Star Reel Works machines.

A Star Reel Works multiplying reel with a perforated spool arbor patented by Charles Loomis. The reel includes the foot patented by Hendrick.

Hendrick's patented reel lacks a spool. Its half-crank turns only a brass arbor. The one-piece foot was included in the patent design.

The reels above are multiplying reels made by Star Reel Works. Those with the frusto-conical grasps
include Hendrick's patented reel foot.

The four reels above are fly reels made by Star Reel Works.

The reel foot on the left is the one-piece version patented by Hendrick. The foot on the right was used on some early reels, the Mascot reels, and the more expensive reels made by Star Reel Works.