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PostPosted: Thu Sep 06, 2018 4:40 pm • # 1 
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I just finished reading "Fishing With Ray Bergman" circa 1970. A couple of times he mentions switching over to using a Fly Rod Spinning reel. It seems that he is referring to a spinning reel configured specially made for use on a Fly Rod.

Anyone have a picture of one of those reels? Know where you can purchase one of those reels, or am I looking for something that doesn't exist? Adios Philip43 ???


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PostPosted: Thu Sep 06, 2018 10:03 pm • # 2 
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He might be referring to an underspincast reel


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PostPosted: Fri Sep 07, 2018 7:38 am • # 3 
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Such a reel would probably be called an underspin reel nowadays. One example is made by Daiwa. https://www.amazon.com/...Underspin...C ... .../B001...

Back in the 60s and 70s there were a number of closed-face spinning reels available. Unlike the spin-cast reel, which would be mounted on top of the rod like a bait-casting reel, they would be mounted under the rod like an open-face spinning reel. The internal bail would be released by moving the reel handle backwards, then reactivated by moving the handle forward. There were also some semi-closed face spinning reels that were used the same way, notably some that were made by Shakespeare.

In a book that was written in the 1960s, that is probably what was described.


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PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 4:06 pm • # 4 
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I do have an underspin reel. I guess the next step is to figure what lures will work best on which rod! Adios Philip


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