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chuckh
Post 16 Sep 2018, 13:16 • #51 
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We was having a yard sale and cleaning out the garage.. my wife says hey you want this old reel?
I turned around and said yes I do [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]
Sometimes you feel like a winner it's cool when you find an old reel you thought was long gone
I cleaned it all up and switched it to left hand retrieve looking forward to using it again
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Tomah
Post 16 Sep 2018, 16:35 • #52 
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Nice find!
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vaheelsfan
Post 17 Oct 2018, 12:51 • #53 
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Joined: 05/15/18
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Location: Southern Shenandoah Valley, Virginia
Here are three that I've added over the past few months, a Medalist 1495, a Heddon Daisy 310, and a South Bend Oreno 1155.

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The Medalist and Oreno were part of a lot of "beaters" I purchased mostly for those two reels. The Medalist was indeed in pretty rough shape but a good cleaning and some parts from One-Pfoot helped me bring it back to life. I believe its 1940s vintage?

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The Oreno is in pretty good shape from what I can tell, a good cleaning and some lube and it should be good to go. I haven't been able to find much info on it, from what I gather it's essentially a rebranded Russell 1894. Anything anyone could share about it would be appreciated!
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bulldog1935
Post 17 Oct 2018, 16:11 • #54 
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the SB version of the Russell is fairly rare - nice find

yes, the Medalist is 40s, and looks nice with the Pfoot upgrades
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vaheelsfan
Post 22 Oct 2018, 18:28 • #55 
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Location: Southern Shenandoah Valley, Virginia
Thank you for the info on the SB reel. I’m not sure I have a rod to pair it with but I haven’t really tried it with anything yet. Despite the smaller diameter and weight compared to the Heddon, it’ll definitely hold more line.
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the hersh
Post 22 Oct 2018, 19:31 • #56 
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3 pflueger progress and 2 old martins.one is a hawthorne?it is copper brown with 2 handles.I figure the progress reels are bullet proof and smooth and i can just swap out reels as easy as spools.They are a nice a nice weight to balance all the short 6wts i like to fish.
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whrlpool
Post 23 Oct 2018, 05:46 • #57 
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Martin made the house-brand Hawthorne reels sold by Monty Ward's. viewtopic.php?f=8&t=13968&p=146914&hilit=Martin+Montgomery+Ward%27s#p146914
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bulldog1935
Post 23 Oct 2018, 07:06 • #58 
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vaheelsfan wrote:
Thank you for the info on the SB reel. I’m not sure I have a rod to pair it with but I haven’t really tried it with anything yet. Despite the smaller diameter and weight compared to the Heddon, it’ll definitely hold more line.

They're a great reel for DT5
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the outsider
Post 26 Oct 2018, 17:31 • #59 
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Joined: 01/26/13
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Location: US-PA
With some help from generous friends for my son who has been through a lot:

Battenkill 3/4 (thank you again Yellowfenwick)
Redington Rise
Pflueger new model (at great price)

He is extremely pleased with these reels.
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jhuskey
Post 26 Oct 2018, 22:47 • #60 
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Joined: 05/19/14
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Location: USA - Illinois
Acquired a JW Young LHW Beaudex 3 1/4" narrow in 95% condition. Great 5-6 weight reel with maybe 10-15 yards of backing. Ordered a Onepfoot reel foot for it, needed on most rods I will use it on. When I get the new foot and install it, I'll take and post photos.
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Brian Shaffer
Post 31 Oct 2018, 00:48 • #61 
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I just got a gem mint Sage 106M / JW Young... I have never seen one this clean. It's glorious.
Pics will follow when I figure out this new whole computer setup I just had to do.
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