i have a 1494, a 1494 1/2 and a 1495 but I don't use any of them anymore. After catching a 5 lb. landlocked salmon in hard current with the 1495 I decided not to use that reel again or cut out part of the frame to expose the spool so I could thumb it... but I just chose to retire it and got a Hardy Prince and mounted it to my brand new (at the time 1983) 9-ft, 7/8 wt. Thomas & Thomas graphite Illiaska Special.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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