Oscar Kovalovsky Prototype Fly Reels

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Oscar Kovalovsky Prototype Fly Reels

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I recently acquired three of the prototype fly reels Oscar Kovalovsky made. He sent these reels to Angling Products, Inc. (API), after he heard they were considering making a fly reel. API eventually bought the rights to all three of the reels. They produced two of them in very limited numbers, the "Sea Run" and the "Spring Creek". At the time, API was a division of Triangle Manufacturing, located in Upper Saddle, NJ.

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Hi John
I am not a fly reel guy but those are beautiful !! They look like mechanical jewelry and I am sure they run the same way. Beautiful John !! John Taylor
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I just love that big SW fly reel! They must have decided not to pursue just becAuse it wastoo labor-intensive teakettle. It ceetanly easn’t Because of design issue She!
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Nice additions to the 'KOVO" collection John!
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