Picked this reel up from Dean Smith. Question is WHO MADE IT?
Dean seemed to think maybe it is a Winchester patterened after the "Ampex" (?). Ron Mc. suggested H&I. Spool measures 2 3/4" acrossed by 7/8". My value is around $1000.00 but I could be a little high! Any answers will be carefully stored away and thanks in advance.
H
Harvey: On page 76 of my book on Winchester Fishing Tackle you will see the blueprint of that stamp, and the explanation that it was used by Winchester on tackle made for Von Lengerke & Antoine. The blueprint was dated 1924.
Thanks Geez. Fish not biting today? I found it in a Winchester catalogue listed as a #1740. When my ship comes in, (it just left port from Ugaddubi and is fighting rough seas) I will have to buy one of them books.
That way I won't have to bother ya!
Tks again,
"H"
Harvey: you get it with the spelling and pronunciation, yes? Vee El and A
Velanay. V, L & A.
I have a skeleton fly reel marked "Velanay" on the back with the underlined 60 under the foot. Course that don't really prove nothin' but comparison of the knob, spool retaining screw, how the foot is mounted, position of rivets on the back and the position of the click button all point to it being Hendryx or, subsequently, Winchester manufacture. That's my skeleton I'm talking about. I'd say the educated guess about your reel being Winchester makes sense, in light of that.
And now, I'm done. Must be the heat getting to me.
Richard,
To be quite honest, it passed ove me at about thirty thousand feet. I did pronounce the name and thought about it but never did VL&A cross my mind. After Phil set the record straight, I did Google it and guess what? It does appear on Phil's gernic reel names page and he connects it to a Montague reel for VL&A. DUH!
Thanks guys!
"H"
Actually, they bit quite well. It you look at the time of my post it was 5:30 AM Mountain Daylight Time. I took time out to answer your post on the way to the river. We finally had our heat spell snap, and with the cool temps (51 when I left for the river) came the wind. Since river smallmouth aren't as affected by cold fronts as the lake's largemouth, Bert and I ran the river. I caught 7 smallmouth and 4 channel cats from 6:30-10. We saw a couple of deer and had a good ole time. The only reason I quit at 10 was that the wind was blowing so hard that it was blowing me back up the river. It was a little hard keeping my line in the water, but it was fun.
Harvey, your post came up while I was writing. That's the problem with the internet. Lots of that information you find is incorrect. Actually, there might have been a casting reel using the same name by Montague, or maybe Winchester made that one too. The stamp that Winchester manufactured in 1924 was to be used on steel casting rods, according to the info on the blueprint.
