Oldish fly reels

[blaxland]

Hi Raiders, was recently gifted some old fly reels. Not knowing anything about them I'm wondering if they are worth getting refurbished or otherwise 

[BaitDropper]

Hey Blax,  While not owning an Orvis myself, I can do know of friends State side that fish with them. They are a US made Fly reel. of reasonable quality, I would call them mid range pricing. I do not know the year or model type you have shown, maybe some investigation into it may reveal things.

But I would clean it down and use it if you do Fly fish. I have old Olympic fly reels and a few no namers which all have been pretty well used. My oldest Olympic fly reel would be at least 45 years old, no collectors value, but I have never felt the need to venture into the top end of Fly reels, which can become extremely expensive.

There's a couple of reel collectors pages on Facebook that you could ask the question if you desire, but I think you will find they were never top end reels, just US quality made, that did there Job...   I luv old reels, collectible or not.

[blaxland]

1 hour ago, BaitDropper said:

Hey Blax,  While not owning an Orvis myself, I can do know of friends State side that fish with them. They are a US made Fly reel. of reasonable quality, I would call them mid range pricing. I do not know the year or model type you have shown, maybe some investigation into it may reveal things.

But I would clean it down and use it if you do Fly fish. I have old Olympic fly reels and a few no namers which all have been pretty well used. My oldest Olympic fly reel would be at least 45 years old, no collectors value, but I have never felt the need to venture into the top end of Fly reels, which can become extremely expensive.

There's a couple of reel collectors pages on Facebook that you could ask the question if you desire, but I think you will find they were never top end reels, just US quality made, that did there Job...   I luv old reels, collectible or not.

Thanks for the input I expected as much.

[blaxland]

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