While not entirely fly reel related, we just launched a new book on Oscar Kovalovsky, one of the greatest reel makers of all time. A

Conversation with Oscar Kovalovsky is a detailed and informative look into the mind of a reelmaking genius who was equally at home crafting gigantic cradle reels (with his father Arthur) for Zane Grey as he was working with Stu Apte and others designing innovative fly reels. The inventor and maker of a lever-activated drag fly reel, as well as Angler Products Dual Drive fly reel, Kovalovsky reveals his thoughts and theories on reelmaking in a way I would imagine would interest anyone who's ever made a reel (or who desires to make one). The hardcover is limited to 150 copies signed and numbered and will likely go fast, as the saltwater reel guys (where OK is a legend) will snap them up.

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-- Dr. Todd