I hate to drag us even further off topic, but I can't help but notice that prewar reel with a counter balance. Do you think that is some kind of Pattern 1?

I never cease to marvel at your treasure chest of beautiful old reels that I've never heard of before. Thanks for the picture.

RVC

What you call a yellow belly looks to me like a very large bream. It's almost as big as the bass! Apparently what I need to be about is finding beautiful old reels to afix to beautiful bamboo rods while I learn to tie cats whiskers. Possibly moving to Texas wouldn't hurt either.

Thanks again for the great pictures.

RVC

That is a nice sunfish, looks like a sunny I know as the long ear.

Beaut beauti bueatiful fish you've shown us. Indeed the use of "common names" can make things confusing. Thus when talking about several fish within the same genus Latin binomial/binary nomenclature can be helpful.

I guess I'm one that still buys spare spools. I typically buy spools to use one reel on several rods. I have original issue CFO's with multiple spools so I can use them on a 4, 5 and 6 weight rods. Same with modern reels. I have a Bauer Rogue 5 for a modern switch rod with a spool for a Skagit line and another spool for an indicator line. Cheaper that buying two reels, and no, I don't care to compromise and just buy two cheaper reels.

I bought an 8 foot Orvis Superfine Glass rod and new CFO III reel and had a chance to use them both in Wyoming in July. Both the rod an reel were outstanding and found that I only used one other rod/reel, despite having nine rods in total with me, during three full days of fishing.

A week ago I was in my local Orvis store extolling the virtues of the new rod and reel to the store manager, telling him my only disappointment was that Orvis decided not to sell spare spools. He told me if it was up to him, he'd never carry spare spools, and people that bought spare spools were from "your generation". YIKES!

As we speak, I'm working out a trade for a spare spool for my St. George Junior...

interesting thread. Spare spools on quick release reels make sense to me. I have a couple of Marquis 7 frames, for example, that I use with about four different rods. I have 5wt, 6wt, 7wt lines in different tapers matched to the different rods.

What I don't get is spare spools for Hardy Perfect and Bougle reels. With the brass screw and easily contaminated ball bearing design, I just don't see myself changing out spools often. Hardy lists them -- I wonder how many they sell?

I still use spare spools. Example I own two Hardy LRH reels, and three spare spools. They are loaded with DT lines in 4,5, and 6, the other two spools have silk lines. I use these reels with four different rods depending on conditions. One reel is my go to and one is a spare in case of damage to the first reel.

Love the pics, don't love spare spools. I've got 15 reels maybe more, and 2 spare spools.

Since I fish a Medalist 1495 on 3 different rods, for moving and stillwater, I have 5 spools loaded for that reel. Just the way I am. Keeps it kinda simple. Spools for 1495s used to be pretty cheap. Have not checked lately.

The Waco Kid