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Comment by carl hendrix on March 7, 2016 at 5:31pm: HEY MIKE;; ALL OF MY FLY REELS;; ARE THE OLD; AUTOMATIC ONES FROM PERRINE; MODEL 57;S u ALSO MADE IN THE U S A ! THEY STOPPED MAKING THESE; BACK IN AROUND 1968 !!

Comment by carl hendrix on March 7, 2016 at 5:29pm: JIM;; LIKE YOU ;; I DONT CARE FOR THE CHINESE; OR OTHER FORIEN MADE STUFF; LOOKING AT THE BOX THE FLY LINE CAME IN;; ITS SUPPOSE TO BE MADE IN CANADA !! I CAN GO WITH THAT !!

Comment by jim cosgrove on March 7, 2016 at 4:58pm: sounds like a good eal on the line carl but no chinese line for my rod.i do have some cheap line and it works fine.i also have some pretty expensive line and it works great.i want this rod to perform as well as possible .i need all the help i can get

Comment by jim cosgrove on March 7, 2016 at 4:53pm: have seen the new medalist reels mike.but i want to put something from the era on the phillipson.it was made in 63 or 64.just bought an old scientific anglers reel for my carp rod.was surprised to learn they were made in england by hardy.got the reel for 20 bucks.good job on saving the bamboo rod.i have lots of newer gear and some of it is great stuff but at this point in my life i want to use stuff made in america when it ment something to be made in america.

Comment by Mike Cooper on March 7, 2016 at 4:24pm: I have an old bamboo rod (6wt) that was refinished with the original hardware. I put a Medalist 1494AK (China) and a Cortland Sylk wf6f line on it. Looks good and casts great. Have you seen the new Medalist reels? The new click/pawl 5/6 is tempting.

Comment by carl hendrix on March 7, 2016 at 4:05pm: Jim;; for what its worth;; i changed all of my fly line to; super fly line;;;; cost about 20 dollars;; and to me; beats courtland hands down ! casts great;; no memory coils;; acts like a higher price line

Comment by jim cosgrove on March 7, 2016 at 3:22pm: not sure john ,there are so many different models of these.just wanted a vintage reel for my vintage rod.but will definately buy modern fly line,good fly line.this reel has areally good simple drag on it.my research says the phillipson rod tho only a 6wt will throw bass bugs nicely with good line.

Comment by John Sheehan on March 7, 2016 at 6:27am: What year was that reel made Jim C.?

Comment by Jim Gronaw on March 6, 2016 at 6:19pm: I have one of these...a classic!

Comment by jim cosgrove on March 6, 2016 at 9:51am: thanks john,they are bullet proof.this one had really old line on it.works great.had to convert it to left hand retrieve.dont know why most of them are set up to use your right hand.if you flyfish righty like i do and most people do ,reeling with the right hand makes no sense.gotta clean it up and grease it.it is smooth as silk as it sits.gonna go on one of these old glass rods i picked up this winter.