Does anyone use self winding fly reels anymore? I ended up with two of them when I bought a box of old tackle.

Tried one -- didn't like it. But then, I've been known to wear breeches, a three conrered hat and shoot a flintlock.

Hi Walap,

As I recall Mitchell made a "clockwork" fly reel years ago that weighed a proverbial ton & didn't really work . . . . . . . . .
for the life of me I can't remember the name of it though, old age I'm
afraid
also Vivarelli make a similar sort of reel today, but I haven't even
seen one in the flesh.

Rudolf

That would be the 710, I had one years ago and loved it; As a Kid, anything mechanical made me happy though.
Sure I still have it somewhere.....

That's the baby Gary !!!

Thanks for jogging my decrepit old memory mate

Rudolf

Here's the Franco Vivarelli I reel that i use for #5 lines at the moment.
I will be taking it down again to a #4 line shortly. You can still buy these from the more bizarre retailers, Sportfish used to do them, but alas! About £130 - £150. They also do another that attaches a looped lanyard above the handle and you operate the reel with your finger at a more natural position.

The review in Sexyloops is spot on.

Sexyloops' Tackle Review Section

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LOL; They're great for stripping lures across the surface

I bet they are !!!

They probably leave a wake behind them

Saw this on fleebay the other day,the worlds first electric fly reel

"WORLDS FIRST ELECTRIC FLY REEL" | eBay UK

Neil

An electric fly reel, I've seen it all now mate

Rudolf

Me too,cant see it lasting long though batteries + water = fcucked.And for £75 i doubt its sealed,just another gimmick I'm afraid

Neil