Can you ID this fly reel??

[john elder]

looked in all my books and just don't find it. Owner thinks it's French and I have no reason to doubt that, but haven't seen it before...72 hr on the fly rod board yielded squat as well, so it certainly isn't common! Thanks in advance for you thoughts.

john

[Steve]

This old thing? It's Belgian. One hint is the pair of Phlegmish Pflueger-like reels in the logo.
"L. ORY: advertentie in 1953 in Le Pêcheur Belge, zonder twijfel de meest bekende en meest voorkomende Luikse reel. Er zijn modellen met of zonder het merkteken "L.Ory" (voorstelling van 2 reeltjes met daartussen de naam L. ORY). Gemaakt van een aluminiumlegering (Engels = "alloy"), gewone types of types met draaibare voet (Engels = "sidecaster"). Zie advertentie voor de verschillende diameters van 55 mm tot 110 mm. Er bestaan ook types met een afwijkende diameter. De oudste modellen hebben onderdeeltjes in koper. Bij latere modellen zijn deze vervangen door aluminium knopjes en moertjes." - from another club's online magazine

[john elder]

well, that's easy for THEM to say! Thanks, Steve...I'll leave it to the nice lady who owns it to carve through the translation.

J

[Harry Verdurchi]

L. ORY: advertisement in 1953 in Le Pêcheur Belge, without doubt the most famous and most common Liège reel. There are models with or without the "L.Ory" mark (representation of 2 reels with the name L. ORY in between). Made from an aluminum alloy (English = "alloy"), ordinary types or types with swivel base (English = "sidecaster"). See advertisement for the different diameters from 55 mm to 110 mm. There are also types with a different diameter. The oldest models have parts in copper. In later models these have been replaced by aluminum buttons and nuts.