Heddon PAL reels
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Heddon PAL reels
I am thrilled to add these two Heddon Pal reels to my collection. One is a custom P41L Lightweight Special with tournament spool and custom ivory colored plastic side plates. The second is a Dowagiac P61. Many thanks to fine gentlemen John Savu and Rich Dickman for allowing me to add these to my collection. thanks, Bryce
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Fantastic! Thanks for posting!
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Re: Heddon PAL reels
I saw the reels at the Nationals show and was impressed with their designs. I had not seen these versions before.
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You are very welcome ! Enjoy them. John
Re: Heddon PAL reels
The custom side plates are the best. A few reel makers tried to copy Heddon for aesthetics but Heddon did it best. Great reels.
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Re: Heddon PAL reels
Are they both prototypes? Never heard of a P-61.
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I don't know the background of the P61. I plan to try to find out more about the custom P41L, but it appears to be primarily P41L hardware components and tournament spool with custom made plastic (ivory color) side plates. There are no markings on either plastic side plate. I welcome comments and additional information about either of these two reels. Thanks, Bryce
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Re: Heddon PAL reels
Might want to contact Joan at the Heddon Museum to see if she has any info on the P-61. I'm guessing a prototype, as it obviously never went into production.
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I inquired with the Heddon Museum and Joan responded that they have no cataloged record of a P61. Bryce
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Certainly a rare prototype, I would think. What a find! The jury is still out on who made the cataloged P-51 for Heddon, so any info on this prototype should prove very difficult to find. Obviously produced by the same folks who supplied the P-51.
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Re: Heddon PAL reels
Neat P41L. First picture I have seen actually. Would love to add an example to my tournament collection. If there is an article or info on the P41L, please share. It is mentioned in all the P41 inserts, but don't think I have seen any other references.
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Re: Heddon PAL reels
Matt,kyreels wrote:Neat P41L. First picture I have seen actually. Would love to add an example to my tournament collection. If there is an article or info on the P41L, please share. It is mentioned in all the P41 inserts, but don't think I have seen any other references.
Check out this thread from 2009 viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8784&hilit=p41L or search for it under Heddon Pal Reel made by Bronson.
Here are photos of my P41L (lightweight) and P41NL (narrow lightweight) w/box:
thanks, Bryce
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Packing these reels into my nest hole: Talbot, Milam, Meek, Horton, Heddon, Wm Shakespeare Jr, and small diameter skeleton fly reels!
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Re: Heddon PAL reels
There's a ton of info on these reels on our Bronson website (under Bronson Trade reels), including early prototypes and all the different varieties.
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Re: Heddon PAL reels
On the posted photo of the P41L. I have never seen this reel with the plastic arbor. All I have seen have a balsa arbor and gold anodized frame and levelwind hood. It is possible that this is a P41 with replaced gold anodized handle and outside ring. There were a bunch of these two parts show up at an NFLCC National about 20+ years ago that found their way onto P41's. An easy way to confirm that it actually is a P41L is to inspect the gears as they are different in the P41L. Could be that it is the last of the production and gold anodized trim parts had run out.
I love to get old reels, work on them until they run as smooth as silk and the take them fishing using pre-1960 plugs, mostly surface fishing for Largemouths after dark.
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+1 what Bill said.