Yes ... I know ... I can't resist temptation !!! ... But ...
This is a very clean early example of an Intrepid reel which was later to be named as the "Rimfly" because of it's 'rim control' facility. As the box shows, in it's earliest form it was known by the catchy title of "K. P. Morritt's Intrepid 3 1/2" Fly Reel (lightweight Fly Reel with Rim Control") !!!
To find one with such a clean box, and with so little paint loss, meant it seemed the perfect reel to sit on my Precision fly rods (when I ever learn to fluff chuck !).
Early Boxed Intrepid 3 1/2in Fly Reel (later known as Rimfly)
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Early Boxed Intrepid 3 1/2in Fly Reel (later known as Rimfly)
"Beside the water I discovered (or maybe rediscovered) the quiet. The sort of quiet that allows one to be woven into the tapestry of nature instead of merely standing next to it." Estaban.
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Re: Early Boxed Intrepid 3 1/2in Fly Reel (later known as Rimfly)
Nice Mal, nice! Now get fluff-chucking but be warned, it is addictive....
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Re: Early Boxed Intrepid 3 1/2in Fly Reel (later known as Rimfly)
Excellent, I have one just the same but in a later box. However, mine is listed as a 3 1/4" Lightweight.
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Re: Early Boxed Intrepid 3 1/2in Fly Reel (later known as Rimfly)
It is often overlooked that fly reels were probably Intrepid/Morritt's biggest success story. Manufacture of these continued after the company closed down.
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Re: Early Boxed Intrepid 3 1/2in Fly Reel (later known as Rimfly)
Yes – they must have sold tens of thousands of Rimflys. When I started fly fishing 40 years ago it seemed as if everyone had Rimflys except for the odd lucky chap who had Hardy reels.
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