What reel for a Orvis 99 7 foot 6 wt?

[agrust]

Hi,

I am new to bamboo. I bought a project rod at a garage sale. A nice Heddon #10 but the guides are rusty and the wraps are coming off. But the cane is in great shape. After that I bought a like new Montague Redwing medium trout. About the same rod. My cousin got interested in bamboo and his wife bought my Redwing for what I paid for his birthday. So, i found a 7' Orvis impregnated "99" made in 1967 44 days after I was born. It is in excellent shape. I am so excited for this rod to arrive to try it out. I have an Orvis Madison (Pflueger) 6/7. Which was made in the 70s I believe. Do you think this will be a good reel for this rod? or should i look for something else?
Thank You in advance for your answers,
Aaron

[NewUtahCaneAngler]

Your Orvis Madison reel will be fine. Other options would be a Pflueger medalist 1492 or Heddon 310 or Young Pridex 3" on the budget conscience side of options. I like that rod with DT5. You may want to visit this thread viewtopic.php?t=130420&hilit=reels+for+ ... t&start=80 to get a visual with that rod and some other popular reels, but most are in the $200 and up range even on the used market. Post 95 has quite a few photos of the Battenkill version of the same rod.

Cheers,
Joe

[SpringCreek]

Use the Madison reel for sure, and enjoy the new rod!

Jim

[barnesspecial6]

Yes Medalists and Madisons are very popular especially back in the day, but, my opinion only, to me theres nothing as pleasurable as hearing the screaming drag of a click drag only reel, like Martin MG7, Martin classic and Trophy smaller reels, click only, Orvis Battenkill’s clicks only, I also own Medalist reels, the only ones that have a beautifully sounding clicks are the vintage 1492, and 1492 1/2.

[GANGGREEN]

Yes Medalists and Madisons are very popular especially back in the day, but, my opinion only, to me theres nothing as pleasurable as hearing the screaming drag of a click drag only reel, like Martin MG7, Martin classic and Trophy smaller reels, click only, Orvis Battenkill’s clicks only, I also own Medalist reels, the only ones that have a beautifully sounding clicks are the vintage 1492, and 1492 1/2.

I like the looks of those Martin click reels and I've seen them on the auction sites, but I'm not sure what size reel you would want for a four or five weight double taper line. Thoughts?

[barnesspecial6]

Martin Classic MC56, Orvis Battenkill III both hold a full DT6F fly line, both are excellent performing great sounding reels, you’d be happy with either one and the Orvis is still available new and very affordable

[JoeBolt]

I liked the look of New Utah's (Joe's) Martin 65 recently posted. An affordable backup to OPs Madison.
While he looks for the ideal Orvis 1915 (M67N)
or CFO123,
or Battenkill 5/6
or.... I see a lot spools ahead for the number of lines you'll need to fish!
Received the rod yet, agrust? It's exciting.

[Caneghost]

An Orvis CFO III or IV is nice, and I also Like a Hardy LRH on my 7'6" Madison!

[Brian K. Shaffer]

If it was my rod - I would put a CFO IV on it and go fishing for the next 39 days trying out six different lines.
Silk - Sylk - DT - WF
Oh what fun!

The reel of the day was the JW Young so you could easily go that route.
But wait - a mint Madison by Pflueger as mentioned above would look cherry on it I am sure.

[JohnMD1022]

A Hardy JLH #6 would be great.

So would any Battenkill from the JE Young era, or a Farlow Sapphire.