Wow! Very classy!

Tight lines,
Bob

Thanks

Farlex reels are awesome to say the least. strong G&P.
As good as anything being made today and Tim Gelinas is a fantastic
person to deal with along with being a master craftsman.

Emel

I received an Orvis Madison I today. It's in great condition and I really like it, plus, I got it for less than I see a lot of Martins go for. It holds a WF5F and lots of backing.

Tight lines,
Bob

A new-in-the-box, old stock Shakespeare JW Young 3 1/4" Beaudex...





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Bob

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A Hardy Zenith: a wide-arbor (1.25") as opposed to large-arbor reel, here with a rather old DT9F line and about 75 yards of backing.
Bought for fishing for sea-run browns, I haven't yet had a big fish on, but the design appears to prioritise noise over actual drag. I suspect it will work just fine, though.

I got a new Sage 509. It's a beast.

And I found a JAF Aerial 2.5" in Silver. It's really pretty.

Here's one that's not too old, but discontinued and I consider it a "classic"...



It's a Lamson-manufactured Orvis DXR 5/6 and spare spool. I plan to mount it on a Fenwick FF806 that's on its way to me. I also have Ross- and Lamson-manufactured DXR 7/8s, three Ross DXR 9/10s and a DXR 9/10 Anti-reverse.

A lot of folks don't care for the offset disc drag, but I've been using them for many years and find that cleaning the drag stack components and keeping them free of lubricants will have the drag performing faultlessly. Lots of Cape Cod striped bass can attest to this!

I'll be using this smaller DXR for warm water/stillwater fishing, along with my other downsized big game reels from Orvis: an Odyssey+ 1, a Mirage I and a couple of DXR 7/8s (one Ross and one Lamson manufacture).

Tight lines,
Bob

I just received fro Jason here an older Orvis Battenkiil 3/4 made in England that is in fine shape and goes nicely with the seaweed CTS 763 Vlad made for me.

And I have a still older Orvis Battenkill Mark IV made in England with a spare spool on the way. It is destined for my SFG 866.

These things could be addictive.

Heddonist

You sure made a lot of people here shake their heads and smile!

Tight lines,
Bob

Very cool!

Tight lines,
Bob

Oh my gosh, the world famous Herter's Rolls that was the best in the world and thereby the world standard, and in case it is not mentioned on the papers or box, the world's finest. One of a very few flyfishing items I wish I had purchased in its time, in this case instead of some junk of a Pflueger copy at about the time Herter's began sourcing more and more fishing items elsewhere, new entrants in the fishing market who lacked the design and build quality and experience of JW Young or Pflueger, Akron O.

I threw out the Pflueger copy long ago, but unless it got accidentally thrown out with my late 1960s Herter's catalogs, I'm sure I would still have and use a Rolls to this day.

Forgive me a suggestion, too, because I am not sure if there is a problem and if so, of the best solution. I hope someone will know to ensure your enjoyment of the reel. I seem to recall that the Herter's badge could fall off--cosmetic only--but a loss on the iconic Herter's product. If that's the case, you could check the security of the attachment, removing and resecuring with a stronger glue if necessary.

Great reel. Thanks for showing.

A few days ago I picked up a well-worn but perfectly mechanical 2 screw Hardy Featherweight. Will go well with the beat up LRH I've been fishing relentlessly for a couple years.

C’mon man, that’s no way to tease us...............