"OK" Don't laugh.
I finally found a reel I'd been looking for, for some time. "OK" "OK" I've had all the high-end stuff. You know, Bogdan, Walker, Schultz, Bellinger, etc. etc. Yea, and they're great. But this bugger is a real treat. Cutting my teeth umpteen years ago with the right-hand wind only Pflueger reels. I remember loading them so as to somewhat create a backward left hand wind reel for myself. So, the reels ran backwards. Silly I know. But NOW! I have, from the factory, a legitimate LEFT HAND WIND Pflueger Medalist! Yes sir, a 1980ish Pflueger 1495AK. And in dam near mint condition. And for a whopping $85.00. What a bargain, what a buy, what a steal, what a deal!!! I am thrilled. It took me forty years to find this bugger.
This bugger will be strapped on proudly to a few of my larger classic fiberglass and cane rods supporting a DT6F line for some serious nymphing this spring. Can't wait to get her on the water.
Have a look!
Mark