Pflueger Reel Extention
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Re: Pflueger Reel Extention
Fascinating! Are the foot pillar extensions connected to the foot at all? In the third pic it looks like they are not secured to the foot.
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Re: Pflueger Reel Extention
Bill,
Yes, everything is attached exactly the way it should be. The extension increases the width approximately three inches. It is a truly interesting piece.......
Yes, everything is attached exactly the way it should be. The extension increases the width approximately three inches. It is a truly interesting piece.......
Re: Pflueger Reel Extention
I'm pretty sure it's a homemade extension. I've never heard of a kit being sold for older reels except for Newell kits for Penn reels beginning in the '70s. Someone using that must have had a heck of a time holding the reel level with the foot offset like that. Why not just center it?
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Re: Pflueger Reel Extention
I'm seeing a homemade extension.
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Re: Pflueger Reel Extention
Neat piece, Tom! So, presumably, if you pull that line off the spool, you'll see how they added a spacer to the old spool as well. They left it offset to keep the reel from torquing when they cranked it. With that wide base, it would have gotten a bit twisty on retrieve under load, I would think!
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Re: Pflueger Reel Extention
You know guys, the more I look at this reel I believe whomever owned the reel left the foot in that position intentionally and extended the reel enough to the left so that the reel would balance on the forearm of the user while holding the rod. That would help eliminate twisting.
Well, check back in a few days because it has me so curious now the line has to come off I can always but it back on.
Well, check back in a few days because it has me so curious now the line has to come off I can always but it back on.
Re: Pflueger Reel Extention
No kit. Homemade. But well done. I have seen another Pflueger SW widened like that-the spool thing is the challenge. Let us see it when you remove the line.
PS: some ORCAns believe line should be left off to prevent continuing deterioration of the spool from all sorts of crud. But-Hey! It's your reel and if you like the line on (I do too on some models) leave it!
Aloha! Bad Bob
PS: some ORCAns believe line should be left off to prevent continuing deterioration of the spool from all sorts of crud. But-Hey! It's your reel and if you like the line on (I do too on some models) leave it!
Aloha! Bad Bob