abel 3n ar fly reel BIG GAME #3 ANTI-REVERSE balanced clicker on the spool eliminates the need for a counterweight Abel Reels Page 4 -

Even stainless-steel blades often have hardware susceptible to rust

What great news

To me it would be a bit like putting an automatic transmission in my motorcycle

The basic design was so simple and effective that reels of this type were still in use a century later and they only began to fall out of favour after the Second World War, when nylon became freely available and made the use of fixed spool reels more practical

This little beauty was reminiscent of South Bends Babe-Oreno

Here I sit in my man cave (I hate that term, but its an uncomfortable truth), surrounded by rods, reels, paintings, floats, prints, monkey climbers, books, fishing-related CDs(!), vintage baskets and bags, bite alarms, magazines