The Hanson Fly Reel, made in Skelton, New Jersey. Early 1950's Hanson Machine Company. David Hanson made trout reel. 3 1/8" in diameter. 7/8" wide and weighed 6 ounces. Made of aluminum, chartreuse colored frame and backplate and a contrasting bright aluminum spool. It is a simple design with a fixed click and few refinements other than a spring loaded ball bearing oil port similar to that use on some Edward vom Hofe reels.

My info is from the link below that bulldog1935, "Ron" posted of an article written by Jim Brown in 1989. Harry McVickar and the Bushkill Fly Reel. Posted on the Classic Fly Rod Forum, 2015. THANKS RON! Its the only information I can find.

Very cool interesting reel and hope someone can help with more information. Flip the pawl and it is left hand wind right?

It has not been cleaned yet found as is on ebay a few days ago. Enjoy the pictures!

Thanks,

Russ

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Flipping the pawl seems ok?

I can see that the camming surfaces of the pawl are biased (think of them as levers, one slightly longer than the other), so in combination with the where they bear on the spring (the shorter the "length" of the spring from mounting point to bearing point, the stiffer), the reel should have slightly different winding resistance. The ideal would be to remount the flat spring in mirror position, which might be accomplished if a groove were cut directly opposite. Can't see exactly how the spring is retained, though. Then the pawl would be turned over from its RHW position.

You can see it has been painted at one time or another. Twas me, I would clean it up, leave it bright or slap some spray paint on it, lube it and fish it.

He has probably copied the geometry of the Medalist click-pawl.
They will perform in LHW if you push down the pin that allows you to rotate the pawl.

Boeshield and rub.

The weep hole in the spindle is for an oil reservoir.

whrlpool the spring appears to be pressed in place starting on the outside edge of rim. It's not pictured but backside of reel under the foot I can see the very end of the spring. Looks like the foot might actually hold the starting edge as well as the outer rim. Hope that makes sense to you guys?

The paint looks original to me but what I found odd was the pawl had paint on it also. The outer rim and the front rim paint has a nice wear or patina look to it.

I think it looks fine - I would just use Boeshield on it.
You could try polishing it with compound, but it might make the contrast greater.
Don't know anything specific about the reel, and all my reel collecting friends are here.
Can't google anything on him, his company, and he apparently didn't apply for any patents.

Cool reel! I've never seen one like that...

Cool,i like the color.

the spindle has nicely-done built-in oil reservoir

It’s more like a purr. Might even be a bit better than the Hardy clones.