Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Split cane bamboo

I am pretty sure the reels are different.  The other post looked like it had a Pflueger Medalist, probably a 1495.  Yours is a South Bend finalist.   The Medalist was THE american made reel from the 1930's through the 1980's. Then production move to Japan and finally to China.  Very nice reels.

The South Bend Finalists were not quite copies of the Medalists, but similar.  The one you have is one of the nicer ones and has a decent drag.  The benefit of the Finalists is that you can club a fish or fishing partner with it and not worry about the reel.  They are heavy and solid.

I love seeing vintage tackle in use.

Carl

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On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Greggory DiSalvo <grdisalvo@gmail.com> wrote:

Cool Rod and great work putting a fish on the end of it!  On a separate note, I believe I have the same reel.  It was given to me by my boss whose dad owned it previously.  Heavy, but its good for shad.  Haven't spent any time researching it.  

Gregg

On Monday, March 13, 2017 at 3:00:35 PM UTC-4, JKunic wrote:

Cleaning out an old shed at my place and came across a real gem! 1920-30s? Abercrombie and Fitch split-cane bamboo rod. Was inspired by Duber at Orvis to catch a fish with it...got lucky.

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