Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Fly Reel Fixer-Uper Help

Carl just posted the links I was going to. Onepfoot is a hoot. "Pimp your Medalist" for real. I have a dozen waiting for parts from there and a nice paint job. Why drop all that cash on a Phlueger Medalist? Because I have several that are between 50 - 70 years old that are still working with original parts and after being rebuilt will be fishing a hundred years from now. Plus, how sweet does this look?

Not mine, but what mine will look like when finished.

 

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On Jul 8, 2016, at 9:57 PM, Carl Z. <carl.zmola0@gmail.com> wrote:

For medalist info: 

http://www.flyfishohio.com/Anglers_Guide_to_Pflueger_Medalist.htm

I have rebuilt more of these than I care to mention.  I love the bullet proof functionality.

Pflueger was bought out by Pure fishing recently (which again was sold) and no longer produces or sells the old style medalists.  They sell a reel that they call a Medalist, but it is a Hardy clone. 

For upgrades to old medalists, onepfoot makes some nice products. http://www.onepfoot.com/Products.php

The counterbalance really smooths out the action of the reel when line is peeling out.

Here is a clone from my collection,

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And here is a 75 year old medalist, Besides a little paint loss, it's fully functional.

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Carl

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On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Shawn <swearish@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for the insight Mark! I had thought the one looked closely as Medalist and will contact Pfluegar. The "HI" stands for Horracks-Ibbotson who was mostly known as a maker of lower/entry level bamboo fly rods (my Dad's got one I had refurbished a few years ago); so maybe Pfluegar had them made and branded them as lower level reels. Has a nice click sound but sticks a little.

On Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 9:14:46 AM UTC-4, namfos wrote:

That HI 1875 looks a lot like an older Pflueger Medalist. It might even have been made by Pflueger for HI. You might check http://www.pfluegerfishing.com/ to see if they have the corresponding manual or schematic (or one that's "close enough")  Also see: http://www.flyfishohio.com/Anglers_Guide_to_Pflueger_Medalist.htm and http://www.flyfishohio.com/Guide_to_Pflueger_Medalist_Part_2.htm 

As for the PEMCO, there's this: http://bit.ly/29ke40p

Mark

On Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 8:21:20 AM UTC-4, Shawn wrote:

I received the attached fly reels from my Grandfather over the holiday weekend and was thinking of having them checked out but wasn't sure where to go.

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