DanielOcean
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I know we have some reel manufacturers in Idaho, but do we have any in the state of Washington? Sometimes I wish I had the machinist skills necessary!
PNW Local fly reel manufacturers?
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Paige
Wishing I was fishing the Sauk
Look him up on Instagram he has no website, its about a 2 year wait.
Its just a past time deal he likes to do!
Thoght I had more pics but I couldn't find them.
DanielOcean
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No way!.................................Edit. I can't afford those!
DanielOcean
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Yes, and I believe they are now in Boise area.
4” Zinkgraf Reel
Last year I began talks with Matt about a new reel. A 4” Brass faced Perfect, LH retrieve w/a 1912 check was the end result and this is THE GOODS! Along with the reel Matt made a custom leather reel case with my boys names on it😍So stoked, this reel growls like a junk yard dog!
www.speypages.com
There's six pictures in the post above of a really gorgeous reel.
Wow, that really is something.
4” Zinkgraf Reel
Last year I began talks with Matt about a new reel. A 4” Brass faced Perfect, LH retrieve w/a 1912 check was the end result and this is THE GOODS! Along with the reel Matt made a custom leather reel case with my boys names on it😍So stoked, this reel growls like a junk yard dog!
There's six pictures in the post above of a really gorgeous reel.
I thought that lamson was in Redmond originally. Did they move to Bainbridge when Sage acquired them?
You're right, it was Redmond! I think I was conflating them with the whole Sage / Redington / Farbank roll up.
I'm not sure if Sage actually acquired them, but I know Waterworks had a reel design licensed to be built by Sage at some point. And Waterworks (Boise ID) bought Lamson in 1998.
I'm not sure if Solitude Reels is still in existence or not. Google shows them as "temporary closed", the Facebook page hasn't been posted to for many years, and their solitudereels.com website goes to an error page. WaybackMachine snapshots show the website has been borked (or the domain taken over) since 2020 or so.
I'll ask the Confluence guys next time I'm in the shop. They'll know the answer, I suspect. Bit of a bummer if they are gone, I always kinda wanted one.
@Bhudda is that your reel?4” Zinkgraf Reel
Last year I began talks with Matt about a new reel. A 4” Brass faced Perfect, LH retrieve w/a 1912 check was the end result and this is THE GOODS! Along with the reel Matt made a custom leather reel case with my boys names on it😍So stoked, this reel growls like a junk yard dog!
There's six pictures in the post above of a really gorgeous reel.
Islander makes great reels, just wish they’d once again make an IR5, but my most lusted-after reel (and it’s Vancouver Island) is a Peetz wooden and brass reel with mother of pearl, inlays, and hand-carving. I aspire to own two (one to fish, one to display), I just haven’t ever pulled the trigger on them as they are a luxury item.
Paige
Wishing I was fishing the Sauk
Ah, gotcha. Just saw the same username on the speypages link and made me curious. Plus, it gave me an excuse to ping him since he's not been around the forum much!