Complete package : Any fly reel on planet earth : With Box

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Extra cool... LH and brand new lookin'... nice reel ~ great size!

Fun Pflueger boxes... note the date stamps..
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Ultra smooth...
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Smoother still ~
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New but really cool..
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Recently acquired, mint !

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Not the classiest collection, but:

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Hardy St. George, 3".
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A pair of Pfluegers.
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How have I missed this wonderful thread?? Like many of you, I appreciate fly reels blessed with their original boxes and paperwork. It definitely adds to their value! Let's lead off with a 3" Young Pridex. Note the original price on the box...:)
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And next, a very nice 3 1/8" Hardy Perfect with labeled box.
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Finally--for tonight--another attractive Young fly reel. A 3 1/4" Condex. Nice looking on bamboo even today.
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Well, it's a new day. So here's a seldom seen reel, let alone with its original box. An all-aluminun H&I Sportcraft Lightweight #60. Lots of holes in the spool and frame isn't a new idea after all!
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I'm taking poetic license and calling this case a box1
A beautiful EVH 6/0 504 that I bought from Hoagy many years ago
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Four initials, cool reel ! Any idea who the initials referenced?

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No idea. I bought it because of its condition. Hoagy also indicated that the Vom Hofe sticker on the inside flap of the case was a rarity in that it still remained. The reel is in beautiful original condition with bright black as night hard rubber side plates

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A 3 1/2 " diameter Milwards Flycraft made by Young. RHW only.
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There are plenty of very nice complete packages here, but surely someone out there must have an original Orvis CFO with a box. I've never seen one, perhaps they didn't come in a box? Reissues, sure, I've seen those boxes.

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Here's a 3 3/8" Hardy Perfect with an unusual bronze line guard. A true classic on a bamboo rod or in its labeled box.
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No box, but I do have the leather case. I have never seen a box either, but not sure if they exist or not.

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The holy grail - found!

Gulp.. that CFO makes me giddy.
Is there a hole dead in the middle of the foot ?

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It does, but all of my CFO III's do.


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While we're at it, here is a 1939 1495 - the PA Fishing License brochure was with it in the box.

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