Mueller Falls, Guadalupe River, Texas

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.
With every postwar Young reel I rebuild and tune, I go through a stack of new pawls to find the one that works best for this reel.
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 include the insured shipping (within US).
I accept payment by paypal or money order.
Thanks for looking.
Ron Mc

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3-1/2" Alex Martin Thistle - Postwar Dingley Perfect - Reversible

You're looking at a reel I never expected to sell. A great reel, and it has caught many fish.
Mechanically, this reel is wonderful. Cosmetically, it has a great lead finish, the handle has minor crazing (and spins beautifully).
I tuned a set of Hardy springs for this reel, and it works beautifully now in LHW.
Odds are you won't find another Dingley perfect working in LHW. I will also include the original springs.
A heavy reel at 9 ounces, it's perfect to balance 8-1/2', 9', and even longer cane rods.
Capacity is DT6 or WF9 with 75 yds backing.
The 2-1/2" original brass foot will fit almost anything, great with postwar pocketed seats, and with the Granger patented seat - this reel is a fantastic match for a 9050.
Included is a custom-made block leather case from Ly Erg Angling Accessories in the UK, marked for WH Dingley Maker, Alnwick.
Tough to part with, and I'm asking $550 shipped insured (within US - I can quote international shipping)

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3-1/2" Allcocks Argus (Pridex) - Reversible

This is a very rare reel, and a great JW Young collectible, made between 1965 and '68.
It's been sitting on my shelf, and I think it's time somebody was fishing it.
I have rebuilt the reel and tuned both springs to work in the same direction. I can provide the reel in either LHW or RHW.
It has a very nice reversible line guard. The reel is in EX mechanical condition, and EX- cosmetics - it really looks like a new reel.
Weight is about 6 oz. and capacity is DT4 to WF7 with ample backing. I would recommend the reel to balance 7-1/2' to 8-1/2' cane or glass.
I've replaced the original 2-1/4" long, steeply ramped, round-ended foot (that standard 1960s foot that we've all learned to disdain) with a black anodized Young Pfoot, letting you use this reel on any application, including the most modern and skinny sliding bands.
The reel includes a very rare Allcocks-marked padded case (the same case we have seen marked for JW Young, Orvis, and Shakespeare).
I'm asking $145 shipped, insured (within US - I can quote international shipping)

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Martin 67A - Near Mint, Reversible

A venerable American-made classic.
I've fished this reel a bit, and it was mint-in-box when I purchased it.
It has the reversible and delightful Martin helical-spring click-pawl.
Capacity is quite large, DT6 with a bit of backing, and 120yds or so with a WF6.
A fantastic reel for venerable glass and is right at home on 7' to 8' rods.
If you have been looking for one of these, this is as nice as you are likely to find.
With box and papers.
Asking $65 shipped, insured (within US - I can quote international shipping)

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3-3/4" MW Milward Flycraft - reversible

Both the check and line guard on this reel reverse for either RHW or LHW. The check springs are tensioned by a rotating cam, and it produces substantial pay resistance. A good salmon/ steelhead/ spey reel.
Capacity is quite large - easily 200 yds backing with a 10-wt.
The foot is also large - it's 2-7/8" long, so check what your reel seat will accept (it fits all of my saltwater rods). The foot is also on the same centers as a Young Pfoot, so it's possible to fit the reel with a smaller foot.
I'm asking $100 shipped, insured (within US - I can quote international shipping)

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3" Flymaster Jr. (Pridex) - LHW Conversion SOLD

A great little reel in a desirable size, with a desirable marking, and with perfect function. I have completely rebuilt it and tuned for left-hand wind (LHW - of course, I can also provide it in RHW).
It has a new latch assembly and, as shown, has $75 worth of new parts.
Weight is about 5 ounces, perfect to balance 6' to 7-1/2' cane or glass.
Capacity is a DT3 to WF4 with about 25-30 yds of backing. (I also fish 3" Youngs with short belly WF lines such as Teeny First Cast or SA Head Start in sizes up to WF6, and these lines are great for small water and short rods).
The reel is shown with a brass Young Pfoot, which should fit almost applications. The original square-ended Milwards foot is thin and 2-5/8" long, making it too long for many modern reel seats.
I am offering the reel with the brass Young Pfoot for $130 shipped, insured (within US - I can quote international shipping), or with the original square-ended foot for $110.
SOLD
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3-1/2" Allcocks Marvel - LHW Conversion SOLD

This is a very nice Beaudex with VG+ cosmetics and and excellent function.
I have converted it to LHW by reshaping and re-tempering both pawl springs, and moving the line guard, tapped to the original (obsolete) BA7 thread. (I also go through a stack of new pawls to find the one that works just so in every reel.) Wind is light, and pay is moderate - right where I would adjust it for my use on this reel.
Weight is about 6-1/2 oz. and capacity is DT4 to WF7 with ample backing. I would recommend the reel to balance 7-1/2' to 8-1/2' cane or glass.
I show it with a black anodized Young Pfoot, which will fit new or old skinny sliding bands. I can also offer it with a brass Young Pfoot, which is a bit thicker. The foot will fit most applications except for the skinniest sliding bands. The original square-ended foot is particularly well suited to the Granger patent seat.
I am offering the reel with the original foot for $100 shipped, insured (within US - I can quote international shipping), or with a black or brass Young Pfoot for $115.
SOLD
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3-1/8" latch plate Uniqua - LHW Conversion SOLD

I have converted this reel to LHW by using a new set of Hardy springs and pawls, reshaping and retempering the springs.
The reel is very happy in LHW - it works like came from Alnwick this way. The reel is extremely smooth, the finish is good, the spindle is solid - no wobble.
Ribbed brass foot
Weight is about 6-1/2 oz., and capacity is a DT3 or WF5 with backing. Might squeeze a DT4 in some lines with just a base wrap of backing - same with a WF6
Great reel for 7-1/2' to 8-1/2' cane or glass.
Asking $225 shipped, insured (within US - I can quote international shipping)
SOLD
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3" Prewar Young Pattern 1c - LHW Conversion SOLD

This is a sweet little c.1940 reel with very good remaining Japanned enamel finish.
These early wartime reels used a rivet and washer in place of the spring stanchion to let production stretch their existing brass stanchion supply. It was also supplied with a replaceable pawl, which allows the reel to be made reversible. (A tough reel to find - I've handled about 3 or 4 of these as long as I've been doing this. You can compare the hardware on this reel to the photos of my c.1940 L&C Varden near the bottom of this page.)
I have rebuilt it and and converted it to LHW by reshaping and re-tempering the pawl spring.
It is perfectly solid with no spindle/bushing wear and a good original thrust washer.
It functions perfectly in LHW, as if it came from the Mayfield Works wrong-handed and ready to go.
Capacity is a DT3 to WF5 with usable backing. Weight is about 5 ounces, perfect to balance 6' to 7-1/2' cane or glass.
I have fitted the reel with a brass Young Pfoot, which should fit most applications. The original foot is 2-5/8" long, and I will include it with the reel.
I am offering the reel as shown for $160 shipped, insured (within US - I can quote international shipping)
SOLD
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3-1/4" Gilmour (Pridex) - LHW Conversion SOLD

This size is getting harder to come by.
I have completely rebuilt it and and converted it to LHW by reshaping and re-tempering the pawl spring.
Wind is light and pay tension is exactly where I would want it on my reel.
The reel has a few cosmetic hits, and will always look better in hand than in my high-contrast photos.
Capacity is a DT4 to WF6 with a bit of backing, and weight is about 6 ounces, perfect to balance 7' to 8' cane or glass.
It's shown with a black anodized Young Pfoot, which should fit almost every application, including the most modern sliding bands. (The original round-ended alloy foot seems to fit only the pocketed seats from the 60s and 70s). I can swap it for a brass Young Pfoot.
I can offer the reel with the original foot for $95 shipped, insured (within US - I can quote international shipping), or with a brass or black Young Pfoot foot for $110.
SOLD
To complicate the issue, I also have a couple of the 2-1/2" square-ended feet from before 1959. These seem to be the best fit on the Granger patent reel seat. I'll offer the reel with the square-ended foor for $100.
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Rods for Sale

8-1/2' 3/2 South Bend 24 - EX Condition with exception

This is a high-grade South Bend rod, designated a bass taper, and rated for HDH or D (DT6), but I like it best with a WF7.
It also loads and casts beautifully with either a T130 or T200 sinking line.
It has the SB Lite Lock reel seat with anodized spacer, which is similar in function to the Granger patent reel seat. "Comficient" thumb notch in the grip.
No tip sets, but the upper mid ferrule was not originally set quite straight - it's a SB - but otherwise, no issues with varnish, ferrules, or repair, etc.
It has been over-varnished, and the finish is absolutely beautiful; green jasper wraps. Original sock and correct length varnished cardboard tube (but for a different SB rod).
Asking $210, shipped, insured (within US - I can quote international shipping).

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Mushroom Rocks, Guadalupe River, Texas
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Russian River, Alaska



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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.



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Kenai Lake, Alaska

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


EF80S built from blank by Gypsy Rod Works


and a little Japanese glass - Axisco 6-pc. 7' 3-wt., with Hermit Fly Shop HMT Series 3 reel

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



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

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Seco Creek, Texas

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and now for something completely different....

Prewar J.W. Young reels; Dingley, Pflueger