| Though not as popular as fly rods, fly reel are
popular collectors items. I like reels, in fact I almost love
reels. The reels I attach to my rods are a collection of new and
"pre-owned" hardware. The major requirement of my reels is that
they do the job. I once bought a Hardy that was well past repair,
and gave it away to a friend on FF@ who pay me what I gave for
it. It might be an interesting paper weight but it would have only been
taking up space, something I don't have in abundance. I do have a bad habit of buying reels that I come across either at flea markets, second hand stores, or sales tables at shops, catalogs or over the web. Because of this habit I ended up with reels that don't yet have a rod to go with them. But, one by one, they're finding homes. |
 An Okuma Sierra S7/8 and an Orvis BBSII |
 A Pflueger Supreme 1878 and a Redington CT 3/4 |
 A Pflueger 1495 1/2 and a SA system 2 56L |
 A STH 234 and an Ocean City No. 35 |
 A Martin 63 and a Finwick World Class 78d |
 A "no name" reel with A Shakespeare OK automatic and a Wolverine Silent Automatic. |
 A "no name" with a Pflueger Progress |
 Pflueger 1514 with a Shakespeare Purist 7597 and and "the old reliable" Pflueger 1494 |
 A Redington Sierra, a Ross Reels OC 78 and A White River by Bass Pro! |
 Two Ocean City 76's
(the one on the right has been polished) and a "no name" little aluminum reel. |
Most of the above reels are reels that don't actually have a "home." Reels are one of my weaknesses. But my philosophy on reels is keep them simple. I don't fish for a lot of large fish, even large bass, so basically, they're nothing but line holders. That means click drags are usually all I need. But I like reels with disk drags because it's harder to "over run" the reel with a disk drag. Almost all click drags come with an adjustment knob but very few of them actually give you any meaningful adjustment. |
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