Yes …You wind the spring by turning the gnarled brass looking rim if it will turn. Looks like there might be more than a bit of corrosion.
Want it? I’ll send it overYeah-I got input! The first fish I ever caught on a fly on July 28, 1951 was on that exact same reel. Same color exactly. It was a heavy assed reel and clamped to my tubular steel fly rod it was a setup that many modern anglers would whine about. But a skinny 13 year old kid wasn't concerned about swing weight, rod balance or any of the trivial crap that puts knots in knickers nowadays. Great to see that reel, wish I still had one like it.
Wow, that is very cool. My first fly reel was just like this, but dark green with road rash from my frequent mishaps! What memories these pictures dig up! Thank you!My wife’s grandfather was quite a fisherman
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Good call Brian. Better to give that reel to a museum or auction than send it to me. That would be giving one fossil to another one!My FIL who had Rheumatoid Arthritis gave me two of them, functioning, one with the original box and instructions. They looked very good with silk lines on them. I kept the lines but tried to donate the reels to Project Healing Waters through Jerry but he apparently didn't want them. So I donated them to WA Council-FFI for a banquet auction and they were able to make a few bucks off them.
My FIL's hands were deformed by RA and he'd used the "automatic reels" that took up line at the flip of the lever without having to reel. *It was actually Mrs Brian who thought two wounded warriors might get some good practical use out of them, but I guess not. So someone got two museum pieces and the money went to a good cause.Good call Brian. Better to give that reel to a museum or auction than send it to me. That would be giving one fossil to another one!
One of my early fly fishing heros, Bing Lempke of Idaho Falls, used an automatic reel with great prowess to "rope" the oversized rainbows of the Henry's Fork back in the day.View attachment 56105
I believe the reel he used was a Perrine. I learned a lot about presentation on the waters of the "Ranch" just by observing Bing. He was also one of the first tyers to incorporate extended bodies into his dry fly creations. A true legend of the Henry's Fork.