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Title: Vintage Fly Reel Restoration


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Vintage Fly Reel Restoration

Presented By Paul Ricker Algonkin Fly
Fishers February 19, 2009
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Why buy a Vintage Reel?
  • Affordable alternative to modern reels
  • Restoration of long forgotten gear hidden in
    basement
  • Nostalgia - opportunity to fish with older (and
    sometimes better) technology
  • Backup reel to complement current gear

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Acquiring a Reel
  • Garage / Yard Sale
  • Antique Stores
  • EBay
  • Online Fly Fishing Forums

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What am I looking For?
  • Frame is not cracked, bent, or warped
  • Spindle is straight and not worn
  • No missing parts (Latch Cover, Drag Knob, handle,
    etc.)
  • Limited corrosion (Paint and finish wear is
    acceptable)

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Desirable Reels (1)
  • Under 50
  • Pflueger Medalist, or Gem
  • Heddon-Daisy 300 series
  • Martin MG series, or 67 series
  • Ocean 35, or 76
  • Miesselbach Rainbow or Airex

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Desirable Reels (2)
  • 50-100
  • J. W. Young Condex, Pridex, or Beaudex
  • 100-300
  • Hardy Perfect, St. John, St. George, Marquis, or
    Lightweight
  • Scientific Anglers System series
  • Orvis CFO or Battenkill (English Made)

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Pflueger Medalist (1)
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Pflueger Medalist (2)
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Heddon-Daisy 300 Series (1)
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Heddon-Daisy 300 Series (2)
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J. W. Young Beaudex (1)
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J. W. Young Beaudex (2)
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Hardy Marquis (1)
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Hardy Marquis (2)
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Cleaning Maintaining Your Reel
  • Take the reel down as far as you feel
    comfortable.
  • Wipe everything down with paper towels or q-tips

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  • Vinegar-water bath. This is generally four parts
    warm water to one part vinegar.
  • 30 to 45 minutes for painted reels, or rubber
    side plates and handles
  • 1 hour for lead finished alloy fly reels
  • 2 hours for plated brass
  • 3 hours for bare brass or German silver
  • (Take a soft tooth brush to the debris every
    10-15 minutes)

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  • Dilute soap bath (Dawn Soap)- very dilute.
  • Final rinse - very thorough cold-water rinse
    here.
  • Air dry overnight
  • Rub with a wax or silicone guncloth

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  • Lube and reassemble
  • Use Quantum Hot Sauce
  • Hot Sauce Grease on drag gears, and on worn and
    wobbly spindles.
  • Hot Sauce Lube (light oil) on spindles/bushings,
    handle spindles, pawl stanchions, bearings, drag
    blocks and threads.

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My Reel Experience
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Pflueger Medalist Tips
  • Pre-1966 reels are most desirable
  • Circle Trade mark on latch cover
  • Stamped Made in Akron O USA or Patented on reel
    frame
  • No Letters after model number stamp
  • 6 Rivets around spool latch cover
  • Reel foot seat may not fit all reel seats
  • Replacement feet and parts available from
    OnePfoot.com
  • Use blue Loctite on frame screws

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Upgraded Pflueger Medalist
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