Had another member ask when Scientific Anglers System Rods and Reels where being marketed.

Couldn't answer so hoping someone here might know.

Thanks--Barry

They are merely different and function just right the both of them.

Right, yep that's what I was referring to, spot on.

I am a new guy to this glass and vintage stuff so am erring on the overly aware side of things, lol.

The circular drag set up seemed to work for them for a long time, I am sure it will work for me just fine. ;-)

Thanks for the link.

And thanks again Barry for putting it out here.

I'm sure that the Hardy made System reels are fine. Sorry to muddy the run, but there's more than two models of System reels that are good. I'm a fan of the Daiwa made System 1 myself. If you're the looking at SA reels you might as well consider them too. System 1, 456 is a winner and the spools are interchangeable with the Daiwa 706. It has dual pawls like the Hardy Lightweights and I prefer that over the Marquis or Viscount (rhymes with discount ).

Back to original question. Any idea when System Rods and Reels were marketed?

Thanks--Barry

Thanks,

I'm talking about System reels made by Hardy that mirrored their Marquis.

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The fiberglass System rods made on I believe Fisher blanks.

Thanks--Barry

I'm going to vote late 70s also - Scientific Anglers had a lot of free informational publications in fly shop magazine racks then.

About 1970. It was a marketing strategy--no brainer gear matching--for the growing fly-fishing industry, built on the industry effort of the mid 1960s to standardize line ratings by numbers corresponding to their weight in grains (still around today, but much strayed from). High quality reels and the great System fiberglass rods. Buy one each of those and an SA line, all the same numerical designation, and a new angler was in business. Soon after the first system graphite rods came out, (about 1977) SA gradually abandoned the system numbers as an indication of reel sizing/ optimum line and backing capacity for a given line weight. "System" # sort of rang that bell, but the numbers were more of a model or generation indicator.