die-cast　 English

　 A method of manufacturing metal products using casting.　It is a mass-production method used to manufacture metal products by pouring molten alloys such as zinc and aluminum into a metallic mold.　Many of the contemporary reels are made by use of the die-casting method.　When poured out by gravity they are called gravity die-cast, and when pressure is used to inject the mold, they are called pressure die-cast.

　 The Hardy Company in Britain was first to make fly reels using this method at the beginning of the 20th century.　Because the new reels did not require a metal plate fixed with screws, it was successful in providing weight savings.　Moreover, because this method accelerated the mass-production of fly reels, they became less expensive.

　 Contrastive word: stock (?)

【Reference】Hardy brothers and the masters, the men and their reels, 1998.

→stock, fly reel