While I'm thinking about it - leaving this weekend.
Hey, I paid my dues. My last AK trip was the north slope in December.
I'm working for a week, then playing for 3 days on Kenai.

Hoping to get this photo redone

with this rod in place of the Fisher

Be back about Aug 1.
I'm all right - don't nobody worry about me.



Reels for Sale

My reels have been fully rebuilt, and optimized for function. I support them with parts and adjustments if ever needed.
The standard 3-day inspection policy of Clark's board applies, and I have been known to take trade-ins after 6 months and longer.
The tuning I do makes my reels function better than they did when new.
Young reels that I have designated as LHW (left-hand wind), I do so because it's an accomplishment.
If you need a RHW reel, by all means let me know, because I can always "put them back" (or may have another reel in the wings for you).
If interested, please contact me through the yuku pm (message button to the left)
Before you click on that $85 ebay deal, consider the effort and cost to bring it up to the condition of one of these reels. Each one has in it several hours of my experienced labor.
My prices also include the insured shipping (within US).
Thanks for looking.
Ron Mc

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Sorry, none for sale currently

Thanks for looking, though.



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3-1/2" MW Green Condex - RHW SOLD

This reel just works too nicely in RHW for me to alter it. Wind and pay are both perfect for this size reel.
It is not mint, it has been fished, but is rock-solid, works perfectly, and has the nicest remaining finish on a green Condex we are ever likely to see. It also looks really sharp with a brass Young Pfoot.
I put it on a postal scale, and it's just a hair under 7 ounces.
This is a perfect reel for your 8' to 9' cane or glass (especially those 9' Grangers), and is the smallest reel that will hold a DT6.
Capacity is a DT6 or WF9 with 75 yds backing.
The factory foot is only 2-1/4" inches, round-ended and too thick to fit anything, so I am offering the reel with the brass Young Pfoot for $125 shipped, insured (within US - I can quote international shipping).
It's certainly a festive color...
And, I guess if you really want it LHW, talk to me, and I'll convert it...
SOLD

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3" Prewar Young Standard Grade (RHW) SOLD

This is a rock solid reel with No spindle wobble, end play, or any significant wear. While the finish shows the reel has been fished, it has obviously been well cared for, and it simply has no problems of any kind. RHW only.
The reel has the short one-screw foot, which is 2-3/8" long, thin, narrow, and should fit almost any reel seat including most sliding bands.
Great weight for 6-1/2' to 7-1/2' cane or glass. Capacity is just a bit larger on this reel than on a 3" Pridex, and I expect it to fit a DT4 or WF6.
I'm asking $115, shipped, insured (within US - I can quote international shipping).
SOLD
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3-1/2" MW Condex - LHW Conversion SOLD

This reel is the pretty charcoal gray color, which is about my favorite paint used by Young. The appearance of the reel is VG+ and it's ready to fish in LHW. This is an excellent trout reel for fishing a DT6 on long cane or glass. Weight is a hair under 7 ounces, and will balance 8' to 9' cane or glass.
Capacity is a DT6 or WF9 with 75 yds backing. This is a solid reel with no wear or wobble.
The factory foot is only 2-1/4" inches, round-ended and too thick to fit anything (it's in the box), and I am offering the reel with the alloy Young Pfoot for $95 shipped, insured (within US - I can quote international shipping).
SOLD

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I clean and repair vintage reels

I've been telling people how I do this for awhile - http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.com/topic/4196
- but if you're not ready to take it on, I do have the tools, the time and the experience.

Sorry, not for sale

This is my c.1937-9 Ogden Smiths Exchequer. (The rod is my 8' 3/2 DR Stone FE Thomas light special.)
The reel is probably the nicest example in the world and I should be ashamed for planning to fish it. It had never been lined until I did it last week. I have other reels for this rod as well, including a very fine 3" Dingley and 3" Young perfect, so I may not fish it "much".

I've had the reel in my collection for a couple of years now but couldn't get it apart. Oil that I had put on the bearings finally wetted between the spindle, the the reel glided apart when I tried it last week. The spool is supported by two Hoffmann aircraft control system ball bearings separated by a brass spacer. There was really nothing internally to clean, but I lubed for safe fishing, reassembled and lined it.

I've researched this reel in just about as much detail as I can from this side of the pond. Low end is "pinned" by JW Young sliding agate patent, 1937. Top end is pinned by the War - 1940.
here's the catalog page, which is not dated, but must fit the same date range.

It's the 90s flyreel from 1939. Palming rim, variable disc drag, spool riding on two precision ball bearings. The click-pawl can be disengaged for free-spooling or silent drag. While it doesn't exactly have a clutch, tightening the centrebrake with the click-pawl engaged still maintains a good differential between wind and pay. The foot is solid nickel., which became an OS trademark sometime between the wars.

I've even researched the Hoffmann bearings. Knowing that JW Young was building the firing trigger mechanism for Hurricane and, later, Spitfire fighters, I've wondered if this reel was designed to mask the boxes of aircraft control system ball bearings turning up at the Mayfield Works.




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Phillipson Glass (nfs)
MF60C


LL Bean Featherweight (Equivalent to MF66)


LLBean Featherweight (Equivalent to MF70)


MF 70 (OK, I like these - this one is metal ferrule)


EF76 (*sigh*- belongs to a friend)

E80

(Ditto)
Lyon & Coulson Varden - Young Pattern 15a, c. 1940


What to do when a Mint reel has edge wear from 68 years in the box...

Prewar J.W. Young reels; Dingley, Pflueger; cigars