Any man who has the good taste to use Stan Bogdan's "Rolex" reels is welcome at my table. I bought three LH wind Bogdans from Bill Hunter many years ago- also some Wedding Cake Fin-Nors and a few of Captain Mac's early Sea Masters. Never went wrong on investing in high end fly reels (sorry- no Walkers or Vom Hofe's) also have some early RH Hardy Perfects- tell you why- friends of mine got "burned" by a "gent" now living in FL- on faked Paynes and Garrison and Gillum cane rods- But a fly reel is pretty straight forward- and it either works, or it doesn't- no concern that the former Heddon 3 pc. 8 foot 5 wt. became a Payne 201- wraps, blueing on ferrules and pinned ferrules, cork grip shapes, hang tags- lotsa traps for the unwary on older vintage cane rods. I use W&M Granger 3 pc. rods, the "poor man's Leonards" and they work great and don't blow holes in your American Express card when you buy one- Nice to hear from a brother fly fisherman herein- your words are words of wisdom- RWTF
Last edited by Run With The Fox; 03/02/09 02:55 PM.
