Orvis Battenkill Made in England Reels

Re: Orvis Battenkill Made in England Reels

feeds@yuku.com (Rockthief) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:39:55 GMT

those appear to have been made by BFR (British Fly Reels)

Re: Orvis Battenkill Made in England Reels

feeds@yuku.com (Jim Lowe) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:59:19 GMT

Thanks. The disc spools are different but it helps to be able to date the reel. Thanks again.

Re: Orvis Battenkill Made in England Reels

feeds@yuku.com (Slate Drake 9) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:23:59 GMT

From the looks of it you have one of the last click and pawl Battenkills made in the late 90's/very early 2000's (the logo on the back of the reel gives it away). Prior to that, they had "foil" stickers on them in place of the logo on yours. I have several from the 80's, possibly a little earlier. All of mine have spools that interchange without any issues, but all of them have the metal latch cover. I've never tried a newer one with the plastic cover, which...

Re: Orvis Battenkill Made in England Reels

feeds@yuku.com (Jim Lowe) — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:08:00 GMT

Hi Mark,

Thanks. Here are some pics:

The reel:

The Original Spool:

Re: Orvis Battenkill Made in England Reels

feeds@yuku.com (turtledoc) — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:06:45 GMT

Jim -

IMHO these Battenkills are a very fine reel and are hands down one of the best value fly reels ever made.......

I've never heard of spools fitting differently, but I do know that the plane silver spool release was from the late 80s (my very first fly reel was a late 80s Battenkill 5/6 Disc that I still own and will never part with). I know the black plastic cover dates as early as the late 1990s.

I suspect you are correct that you have diferent...

Orvis Battenkill Made in England Reels

feeds@yuku.com (Jim Lowe) — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:01:29 GMT

I'm not sure if these are considered "classic" or not, so if there's a more appropriate place to post this, please let me know.

I recently acquired an Orvis Battenkill Pawl and Spring...