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[QUOTE=Francis Morin;45890 lower the rod and reel into the water and hydraulic pressure of the current adds drag-[/QUOTE]
I would much rather be able to feel my fish and know what he's doing and try to anticipate his next move than sink all my equipment in the water and deaden any telegraphic feel I might receive through the line and rod from the fish. |
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Lower the reel into the water? Never heard of that one. Doesn't sound like a good method to me. For the fishing I do for grayling and maybe dollys or char up to 30", "drag" is not much of an issue. You can palm a Medalist once you figure out how. You can also swap the spool to the other side by by just switching the line guide and flipping the inside drag plate over...... at least on the DA models. I have one with the circular guide; not sure it's a DA. The "clicker" is definitely ambidextrous. Bill Pfoot makes some very nice metal replacements for the drag plates. He's a real peach of a guy if you need Medalist parts. He has pictures of one of my handle jobs on his website somewhere. I know he's had/having? medical issues but the web site seems active. I would highly recommend his stuff; it's all top drawer quality.
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I knew a fellow- Franke? Lived near Stan Bogdan | ![]() |
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Francis, I'll respond in a PM to you.
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The latest generation Medalists look more like all the currently popular machined aluminum reels and do indeed have an exposed spool that can be palmed. I have at least one somewhere and they are actually quite nice reels that would not embarrass any but the over picky. I just like my old ones. They work just fine... besides, who else makes a reel that is designed so that you can add lead shot to the spool center for the purpose of balancing it!? Talk about engineering!
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Bill Franke is his name, eh? Same guy I'm sure. I just never knew his last name, despite going back and forth on email on parts. Maybe I did know it but just always think of him as Bill Pfoot. He's branched out and was/is? making replacement metal latch plates also. All that old plastic stuff can warp and break eventually if not stored properly. His metal drag plates are very nice and give the reel a very nice click vs the tunk you get with a worn plastic plate. His marbled replacement handles are gorgeous.
I just looked at the 1492 DA in my picture. You can rewind the line the other way and use it with the crank on the left side but the line guide will not relocate unless you drill new holes for it, which would be easy enough to do. You don't need a line guide for a reel that small anyway. I like the 1492's best of all; they just seem perfect for lighter rods up to 4-wt. Seems I couldn't get a 5-wt line + backing onto a 1492 so had to go to a 1494. I like the wide ones also; I'd rather go fatter than with a larger diameter. The one with the sculpted pillars and the round guide is a real favorite but still needs some TLC. |
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