Happy Holidays - too windy to fish, and I have been wanting to throw this out for a while...
Every CFO reel pictured was manufactured before the year 2000.
Study the little details from photo to photo.
Just use the reel foot for quick ID.
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I will start with the most recent reels I am showing here - a 1990's BFR era reel / no rivets / no center hole - durable classic :
This would be the 1980's rivet reel with no center hole in foot - vintage classic :
Now we see the 1970's transitional rivet reel - leftover feet with signature first run
middle hole to the center of the foot attached to new style of spindle reel :
This would be the 1970's second CFO model issued, this version with the screwback spindle
and signature first run middle hole to the center of reel foot :
Not shown is the absolute first reel model - one of the most rare versions - with the screwback and upside down script.
I do not have one - yet.
I am certain it has a signature hole in the center of the foot.
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Got take a look at your CFO model reels... you can sorta pinpoint the era of CFO IV a little better with these photos for identification help.