Reel Old
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I was talking with my Dad this week, and he produced one of my grandfather’s old bamboo rods from the basement. It occurred to me that it might be fun to shoot a few photos with 3 generations of 6-weights, and add a vintage feel to them.
Grandpa’s rod has a reel attached to it that I had never seen before. There are no markings or stamps anywhere. I’m curious if anyone has seen anything similar.
Offering “minuscule arbor technology” this thing is much smaller than the Pflueger Medalist 1494.
It’s still got an old greased fly line spooled up.
I’d also appreciate any feedback on the photo treatment. I tested a new technique for the first time with these, somewhat trying to match photos from the bamboo stick’s era.
Brett,
It’s hard to tell much from the photo but the older reel looks to be a production reel ca. 1890 or so. I’m certainly not an expert, but if you really want to know send a few detailed photographs to Yoshi Akiyama at the American Museum of Fly Fishing (amff.org). He will be ale to tell you immediately.
Brett,
It’s hard to tell much from the photo but the older reel looks to be a production reel ca. 1890 or so. I’m certainly not an expert, but if you really want to know send a few detailed photographs to Yoshi Akiyama at the American Museum of Fly Fishing (amff.org). He will be ale to tell you immediately.
Hey thanks Michael, I’ll be doing that later today.
I am not an expert either but I’m going to guess a little later – c. 1920, Union City, New York.
That type of reel was production quality, meant to be mounted both under *and over* a rod, and would have held other types of line; not just fly line.
Another appears on P. 48; he calls it ‘without provenance’ but dates it 1900 to 1920. I think that one may have a slightly different handle configuration.
Most of these reels were stamp-cut out of nickel silver or lower-quality brass (often coated in nickel silver), then assembled with rivets or sort of weak welds.
That is very close to what I’ve found out in the last few days too Zach.
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