Fly Fishing Reels

Following my series of classic fly reel pictures i like. After the famous ABU Delta, here is another great ABU fly fishing reel:

The ABU Record Standard

The Record Standard was manufactured by ABU under the brand of ABU and Pebco (Model 5). They were similiar in design and specifications and were build in Sweden from 1942 to 1965. They had a capacity of 100 yards of backing under the flyline.

Here is my latest beauty, an awesome fly reel made by Bo Mohlin of Sweden, a fantastic reel maker, whose reels are absolutely comparable to Bogdan or other high end reels.
It is a Baby Trout class #5 - #6 and weighs about 145 grams. It is a perfect trout reel with a click drag and a very elegant S-handle.
Here are some pictures:

With this post i'm starting a series of reel pictures from fly reels that i love because i think they were milestones in reel development or design, or maybe simply because i like them.
The reels are mine or from friends or family collectors and fly fishers.
I want to start with a reel manufacturer from sweden (in former times from sweden i think) that is better known for his multireels - ABU.
The first reel in my little series is a ABU Delta 3, it' a really great design for a fishing reel and the only one i know that is triangular.

Henschel Millennium Edition

Short introduction: Ian, a reader of this blog dropped me a mail that he wants to sell two special fly reels, interesting for collectors.

This is the first one:

Pictures of the fly fishing reel Millennium manufactured by Henschel.



It was manufactured to commemorate the millennium and was limited to 100 pieces.
As you can see this is number 100 and is inscribed with a name.

I just found an awesome auction on ebay (click here), where a Thomas and Thomas fly fishing rod and a Stanley Bogdan Fly Fishing reel are for sale for nearly 15.000 bucks. Is it worth the money? I don't know, but i would love to have them .

Determinig the amount of backing for an unfamiliar reel is always a problem.
You must have enough reserve when you catch a big one, but must not overfill the spool to avoid balling you line.

The best way for finding out how much backing fits to your reel i know of is the following: