REDIFOR Rod+Reel Co. items wanted to buy...

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REDIFOR Rod+Reel Co. items wanted to buy...

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Looking for anything from this Warren, Ohio, company, boxes, catalogs, correspondence, lures, reels, etc... THANKS
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ORCA member Ron Gast has this on his website. I had thought Redifor was the low-cost line of Pflueger reels, now I'm confused.
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Ron's writeup should have eliminated any confusion.

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Steve wrote:Ron's writeup should have eliminated any confusion.
Yeah, from confused to downright wrong! Somehow, for at least that moment, Portage and Redifor merged into one in my mind. Probably because I know so little about both!
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Thank you Ron and thank you Sid for pointing it out. I had seen the 1907 Gilmore centrifugal brake patent before but never knew which company used it. Redifor Model D and F. The first centrifugal brake in a fishing reel, no?
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Hi John,

This reel is mine: REDIFOR Darling-Flegel Double Tournament Reel

https://www.luresnreels.com/redifordarling2.jpg
https://www.luresnreels.com/redifordarling3.jpg

I lent Ron these photos so he could show them on his site.

Wilhem Wiessmann, a Swiss, won the throw (15 grams) at the Casting Club de France in Paris, France in 1912 with this reel (really the one in the photos) with a throw of 62.50 meters .
I also have a picture of Wiessmann throwing this reel in the CCF contest ...
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Marc, Great reel and info on caster, I never knew his name. I sent you an email. John
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