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Nice reel btw
Nice reel btw
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bow river |
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Posts: 1690 10/18/2009 09:57 |
Oh ya that's for sure a nice reel steve. I seen that latch cover rivited befor like your's.
Very hard to find that reel as they rarely show up Congrats
Rich
For vintage fly reels & bamboo rods , guided float trips on canada's # 1 best trout river , i have a special for our bamboo forum members www.bowriveradventures.com |
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cdmoore |
Beautiful St. George! | #463 | ||
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Posts: 3058 10/19/2009 09:06 Moderator |
I recently sold a reel almost exactly like it to a fellow in Canada (not Rich...though Rich might have fanagled it somehow by now!). According to Hardy freaks
more expert than I, don't let the rivets fool you: unless you find evidence that they have been tampered with, then they are 100% correct and original.
The check is a very early Mk II style before they started adding the back-up set. With the white handle and other features, you're looking at ca. 1921-22.
I can't see the bottom of the foot in your pics, but presume to find a single rivet attaching the alloy foot. It may be stamped "England" on
the foot somewhere, too. If this reel is like the one I had, you'll be VERY pleased to know that this particular 3" model weighs, at just about
4.5oz, a good 1oz less than the same model from the late 1920s onward, and so it will provide very good service balancing some of todays lighter hollow rods.
If I weren't such a nut for LHW reels, this was one reel I was going to keep. Probably should have kept it just to train myself to wind right handed. Oh
well, it found a happy home.
P.S. If anyone reading this ever finds such a reel in good shape AND left hand wind...I will pay you A LOT for it. Chris
"If you finish in 7 days, I'll pay you for 10. If you finish in 10 days, I'll pay you for 7." ~Ballykissangel
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Randy Law |
Hardy 3 " 1917-21 St. George | #464 | ||
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Posts: 216 10/19/2009 12:26 |
Super nice Reel Steve: I heard that you once owned the Reel and now have bought it back again ???
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Posts: 65 10/19/2009 14:09 |
chris. Yes it has a single rivet on the foot and is stamped 'England'. Thanks for the info.
Randy. You mustbe confusing me with someone else. This is actually only the 4th reel purchase I have made as I am new to collecting. Also got a repro St.George Junior at the same auction for £260 which I will use. |
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bow river |
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Posts: 1693 10/19/2009 15:35 |
Well steve
If you ever get sick of it or just decide you sooner have a classic perfect. Let me know as I'd trade or just buy that ugly reel of ya
Rich
For vintage fly reels & bamboo rods , guided float trips on canada's # 1 best trout river , i have a special for our bamboo forum members www.bowriveradventures.com |
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jvg |
My starter collection-Since early September | #467 | ||
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Posts: 20 10/25/2009 16:47 |
  
Hardy 3 3/4 Perfect, Hardy 3 1/2 Perfect, Hardy 3 7/8 Perfect and a 4" Dingley Perfect. This could be an illness but it's fun. I need to slow down. These are all going to be fished.
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cdmoore |
Steve, more info on your reel...and another "U" stamp | #468 | ||
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Posts: 3072 10/26/2009 09:39 Moderator |
Here's the link to the earlier thread on the reel I sold. Note that it is
stamped "U" over 13 vs. "U" over 2 like yours.
Chris
"If you finish in 7 days, I'll pay you for 10. If you finish in 10 days, I'll pay you for 7." ~Ballykissangel
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Serendipity |
The Blue Collar Special | #469 | ||
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Posts: 1342 10/26/2009 14:14 |
Raise your hand if a Pflueger Medalist was your first fly reel. Here are two Medalists from the 30s. The line guard model 1494 was made in 1938 and goes with
the box in the photo and with the papers inside the box. You can't see the pencil writing on the side of the box but it says 7.50. I assume that's
the original price. (I did a quick real dollar conversion and came up with an equivalent $115 in 2008 dollars.) The other reel just came to me from
Watercolor Man and it's an earlier 1394 model without a line guard. The sculpted caged spool is a nice touch.
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Posts: 69 10/28/2009 15:25 |
cdmoore wrote: Thanks for that.Only just noticed your reply today. |
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Northumberland |
Tasty st.George in the mail. | #471 | ||
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Posts: 70 10/28/2009 15:28 |
Just treated myself , will post some shots when it arrives. Left hand wind too.
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bow river |
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Posts: 1725 10/28/2009 17:58 |
your on a roll with getting some great reels , this st george you have coming , is it as nice as the last one you picked up , get us some pictures steve as i
think just about everyone of us loves them ol st georges
Rich
For vintage fly reels & bamboo rods , guided float trips on canada's # 1 best trout river , i have a special for our bamboo forum members www.bowriveradventures.com |
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bwoemerger |
Dingley Perfect | #473 | ||
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Posts: 77 10/30/2009 11:50 |
Just picked up a 3 3/8 Dingley perfect. Got her cleaned up a bit last night and I can't wait to get her a silk line and out on the water.
"And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you become fishers of men."
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Posts: 597 10/31/2009 12:26 |
1912 check Hardy Bouglé, will post pictures later...
Wilfred
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FWdB wrote: 
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FWdB |
Who? Me? But I can't afford such a reel!!!! | #476 | ||
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Posts: 598 10/31/2009 14:21 |
What a difference one crack
makes...
It's in the frame, barely visible but very noticable to the touch. A serious structural problem if you'd want to take the reel fishing. Fortunately I wouldn't think about that - who in all honesty would fish an old Bouglé? I realise it's an understandable no-go for most collectors, but I have a weak spot for scarred reels. The size of my wallet might have something to do with it too Details aside, it made a more than substantial
price difference. My old Silex as trade bait and a modest bit of cash were enough to reel it in.
It's the smoothest vintage reel I've ever held in my hands, it purrs like a kitten. Looks stunning, beautiful patina, strapped tension regulator, ivorine handle, that check, all parts stamped correctly. A reel I'm proud and delighted to add to my collection. Purchased at the annual VHV/ORCA vintage tackle fair in Eindhoven, Holland. Today was a good day... 
Wilfred
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Posts: 881 10/31/2009 14:34 Reclusive! Like J D Salinger |
FWdB wrote:Oh be quiet, just post photos
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Posts: 599 10/31/2009 14:44 |
Patience, young grasshopper. Tomorrow, with the help of some natural autumnal light, I'll try to capture it in pixels for you...
Wilfred
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Posts: 1728 10/31/2009 14:55 |
wilf
i just heard about that little gathering the other day from a good friend in the u.k , he's looking for a few reels that i'm trying to find at that same gathering for me , sounds like you did ok on the reel , so a small crack , just take it fishing and enjoy it , not to many i know get to fish with a 1912 check bougle reel , let see some pictures , i wonder if it's the same reel that went through the auction house and came back as it had that crack and steve , lets see that 3 inch st george reel ,
Rich
For vintage fly reels & bamboo rods , guided float trips on canada's # 1 best trout river , i have a special for our bamboo forum members www.bowriveradventures.com |
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cdmoore |
Oh sure... | #480 | ||
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Posts: 3077 10/31/2009 15:00 Moderator |
...have a vintage tackle AFTER I get back to the States from Belgium. Great. JUUUUUST GREAT. Well, at least I got to Haarlem and had a couple of bottles of
Jopen Koyt. C
"If you finish in 7 days, I'll pay you for 10. If you finish in 10 days, I'll pay you for 7." ~Ballykissangel
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