If you can find old ones that have not been “used up” they are a nice fly reel We use some big 1498 models for holding demo lines for large saltwater fly rods and Spey rods. My next new one was a ’1495″ that I put on a Fenwich FF85 which was an 8’6″ #6/7/8 line fiberglass fly rod for light Steelheading. This was put on a new Fenwich FF805 2 piece fiberglass fly rod for trout. I converted it to right hand crank because I thought it felt better. It was set up for left hand crank and had a plastic drag disc and I think 6 rivets holding the three peice spool together. I think I bought a new ’1494′ from Thrifty’s Drug in south Sacramento for $14.88. My first new ones were bought locally around Sacramento, California in the 1960s. Actually we don’t sell them anymore but you can get very nice old ones on eBay, fly fishing classifieds and at garage sales. At one time they were the standard fly reel for most fly fishers in the USA. I sold and used the old Pflueger ‘Medalist’ fly reels for over 40 years now.
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