I had time and was looking at different rods this AM and ran into some new old stock fly reels ,now I am not talking labels or Ross or such I mean old pfleger martins Cortland.Thought they'd look neat in a display case.
I had time and was looking at different rods this AM and ran into some new old stock fly reels ,now I am not talking labels or Ross or such I mean old pfleger martins Cortland.Thought they'd look neat in a display case.
How about this one?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...Pimped2008.jpg
Have some vintage Martin reels, Hardy as well, J.W. Young reels,Meisselbach and several others
duckster keep on pimpin' very nice reel :cool:
I collect all sorts of vintage tackle fly and otherwise. I especially LOVE MEDALISTS! I don't have one that is pimped out yet....
Display case my butt....I still use a whole gaggle of Old Medalist and some of the new china models. They work just as well as they did when they were new.
That's a sweetie right there!Quote:
Originally Posted by ducksterman
Ditto, except that I've replaced any non-USA models with the good old homegrown variety. Not that there was anything really wrong with the others, it's just one of those things I have to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by ditz
I do a lot of reel collecting, but I never really collected fly reels. I buy them to fish.
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Here's a pre-1939 model 1494 Medalist. 1939 was the year that the adjustable drag was introduced and this reel features the earlier spring-and-pawl check system. I acquired it quite a few years ago and have done nothing except to clean it up a bit. I use it a lot, especially fishing for "harvest trout" (sea-run cutthroat) in the summer and fall.