Thanks for the warning. I’ve collected reels for quite a while and had probably 40 leather travel cases and never had a problem. I clean my reels regularly and usually keep them in glass display cases at home. The finest reels like Kovalovsky and Edward Vom Hofe are synonymous with fine leather cases. I like that combination, frankly.
We are thinking about adding a felt or lambswool lining like the fly reel case he made me previously. See photos below first posted last July.
I hear the same concerns about putting plastic tubing on my lure hooks; then I get stabbed by a barbed hook or have them get entangled in my display case cloth lining, and out comes the plastic tubing.
I have no problem if someone wants to travel with their reels in an old cotton sock or Crown Royal bag, but I feel these gems deserve better carriage.
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