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Post 12 Feb 2016, 14:15 • #51 
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Medalist 1495 1/2 with multiplier conversion.

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Post 12 Feb 2016, 20:52 • #52 
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always tought that was a trick aftermarket conversion.
Would love to see ads or paperwork on it, or if I knew what the H initial represented might be able to find it in Popular Mechanics on googlebooks


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Post 13 Feb 2016, 01:48 • #53 
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Yup,

We figured out in earlier post this is after market.

Looks like an H and a G on the decal.

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Post 13 Feb 2016, 08:44 • #54 
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Does the aftermarket multiplier plate make it A/R also? Either way, it's very cool to see! Tight lines!


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Post 13 Feb 2016, 08:53 • #55 
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No A/R, just multiplies.

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Post 15 Feb 2016, 21:16 • #56 
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I have a bunch of Medalists that I rarely use. I know, however, that if I mount one up, it's going to work like a champ.


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Post 16 Feb 2016, 15:17 • #57 
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Been fly fishing for over sixty years. From 1955 - 1962 I witnessed Commercial fishermen using fly fishing equipment for striped bass fishing, they weren't fly fishers. My home was Fall River, MA. I was eleven years old too scared to go under the Slade's Ferry Bridge, so I stayed on the catwalk. The men would fish at night. This was the beginning of saltwater fly fishing for me. One night looking down on the piling, a guy was using a 9 1/2 ft Orvis Battenkill with a Pflueger 1498. Remember these guys were commercial fishermen, they had fly line but it didn't see water, they used a 20 ft stainlesssteel wire leader with a huge bucktail, They would roll cast into the light from the bridge. They caught stripers from 3 lbs to 25 pounds, club them to sell at local fish market. Back to the guy with the bambbo rod, it was the top of a flood tide, he had a good size fish on, he hit the bottom of the bridge, broke the rod, handling the fish in clubbed him. Took the pflueger off and threw the rod in the water. Next night he came back with a Shakespeare Glass rod 9 1/2 ft.

Another character showed up with a Hardy reel, after catching a few bass, he was complaining to the Pflueger guy about this expensive English Reel. No matter how tight I set the drag it just clicks. After fishing I thought as he took the reel off he was going to throw the reel in the water. He came back the next night with a Pflueger. That made me a believer in the reel. At 71 years old I have to tell you I have a couple of Pfluegers, and some Hardy reels they are cute but can't compare to a Akron, OH Pflueger. Pflueger for the serious fly rodder.


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Post 16 Feb 2016, 16:41 • #58 
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Why Do Pflueger Medalists Get a Pass?

They ain't getting past me... lol!

I've picked up 4 of them very recently, a 1494, 1495, 1496.5 and a 1498, all very good condition and all made in Akron.

They just seem like the early year Ford Mustangs of the fly reel world to me. Haha

The 1496.5 needs a little cleaning as the grease inside is old, so I will be applying Bulldog's methods as soon as the necessities arrive.

Been casting the 1498 on my FF108 10wt, seems to balance nicely and casts great!

Can't wait to get that 1494 on this little yellow FL 5wt either. ;-)


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Post 19 Feb 2016, 06:55 • #59 
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I don't know but I own a bunch of them - all I use, never needed anything else.
1494's,1594(rim version) and 1498(saltwater) I fish/beat the heck out of them -never an issue.
use them/clean them, a little grease and back to the water again.
They are bullet proof.


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Post 06 Sep 2019, 19:00 • #60 
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Just because. (but it took 3.5 yrs.)


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Post 06 Sep 2019, 20:50 • #61 
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I fish pre-patent-drag click pawl Medalists, and the only patent-drag drag I own is the first version on a 1494. It's kind of trick, with two wind clicks/rev.


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Post 07 Sep 2019, 00:22 • #62 
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I just posted on a smallmouth trip. Bashing my way down a river at low water, reels dipped in the muddy water, tossed up on the beaches, swapping out various lines, catching fish from 6" to line ripping beasts-----nearly every fish is on an old Medalist. They work, they take abuse, they pair well with cheap lines and rods. Oh and did I say that they always work?

I have some nice reels for elegant lines and non-destructive fishing, but for a long day in the trenches, you can count on a set of affordable old Medalists to get the job done.


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Post 07 Sep 2019, 07:42 • #63 
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I came across one of the 1495 two clicks last fall and of course had to buy it. Love the laid back retrieve sound of the click.....click...


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Post 07 Sep 2019, 18:26 • #64 
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I fish only the first model click pawl reels in all the sizes.. and love em.

Broken in - one of the best fly reels made to date on planet Earth.


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Post 07 Sep 2019, 20:41 • #65 
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Excellent+ click/pawl 1494 circa 1938ish

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Transition 1494 around 1938-39 with adjustable drag - 2 indents

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The pair

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Post 08 Sep 2019, 05:29 • #66 
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no offense John, but it's older than 1938 - does it have a drum arbor or pin arbor? Former 1935, older than that with pin arbor.
In that condition, it's also worth about $750 (more with box).
The patent drag reels took over in 1938.


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Post 08 Sep 2019, 08:39 • #67 
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No offense Ron, I learn all the time. Drum arbor, painted which is why approx. 38 guess. Wish I had the box, then I'd be sure.
Wouldn't a 1935 reel be leaded finished?


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Post 08 Sep 2019, 08:57 • #68 
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The medalist is a reel unto itself. Some out there that are pushing 80yrs + and still work good as new.


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Post 08 Sep 2019, 09:35 • #69 
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jhuskey wrote:
No offense Ron, I learn all the time. Drum arbor, painted which is why approx. 38 guess. Wish I had the box, then I'd be sure.
Wouldn't a 1935 reel be leaded finished?

yours IS lead-finished beneath the paint.
My 1494 and 1492 have lost the paint over the past 86-88 years' use.
you can feel the quality in the fit and finish of any 30s reels - they feel like silk. It's really not until they went offshore that they lost that, but even compared to postwar Akron reels the 30s exude quality.
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Post 08 Sep 2019, 09:39 • #70 
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Pricing is still light on these reels... in my opinion.


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Post 08 Sep 2019, 10:19 • #71 
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bulldog1935 wrote:
jhuskey wrote:
No offense Ron, I learn all the time. Drum arbor, painted which is why approx. 38 guess. Wish I had the box, then I'd be sure.
Wouldn't a 1935 reel be leaded finished?

your IS lead-finished beneath the paint.
My 1494 and 1492 have lost the paint over the past 86-88 years' use.
you can feel the quality in the fit and finish of any 30s reels - they feel like silk. It's really not until they went offshore that they lost that, but even compared to postwar Akron reels the 30s exude quality.
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I'd never heard that before. If I live another 20-30 years, maybe I'll see that leading under the paint.


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Post 09 Sep 2019, 16:22 • #72 
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I've had a lot of different fly reels since the early 80's but now the one I use more than any other is a 1494DA with a bunch of One Pfoote parts on it.I use it for all my 4,5 and 6 wt. glass and graphite rods.I recently picked up 2 minty 1494 1/2AK's that I like.Now I'll have to find a nice 1494 1/2DA or Akron. :)


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Post 09 Sep 2019, 17:19 • #73 
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I fish 5 drag plate Medalists regularly. And a clicker 1492.

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Clockwise from the 1492 at 2 o'clock, 1494, 1495 1/2, 1496, 1498.
The old Gem joins them.

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The 1496 and 1495 1/2 serve as my heavy reels for my modern 10-11' euro rod. Yeah, sacriledge. But I love them.


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Post 10 Sep 2019, 00:35 • #74 
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Doug that's a great couple of pictures! The keen eye see's a ton going on in that last shot...


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Post 12 Sep 2019, 14:04 • #75 
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Stonefly wrote:
Now I'll have to find a nice 1494 1/2DA or Akron. :)


Behold an Akron. Could be yours?

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