another find in this bottomless pit off a loft !

not fly but still interesting to find ! not sure of age ?

its a shakespear c125 delmatic fis spool reel

What makes you say it is a Shakespeare.

Jim

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evening jim ,

think you can just catch it in the picture , theres a sticker on the box with "noris shakespeare REF C125" [ might be a dealer sticker]

also has J.W YOUNG AND SONS est 1884 printed on the box

? ? ? ? what you thinking jim ?

JW Youngs reel, I have reels from the same stable that belonged to my grandfather, The Ambidex.
I would hazard a guess that its from the 40,s or 50,s.

SalmonNut , I was thinking late 50s ? also was my grandfathers reel

I also Have a JW Youngs reel of the same era. and this is one.

Jim

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The Fishermans Friend is the Flirty Fly,Fickle Food for Fleeting Fish.

shakespeare sticker must be the dealer/shop "norris shakespeare"

Hers another of similar age, This one by Sealey maybe slightly younger. The internals will operate in the same way,Worm gear to rotate the spool and a piston to move the spool up and down during rotation.Ambidextrous handle. Superb engineering.

good engineering like you say , i'd hate to look inside a modern reel to see nothing but plastic probably !

i like the nostalgia with the classic gear .

I suspect that this reel was also manufactured by JW Youngs for Sealey as all parts are interchangeable with the Ambidex.