The Traditional Fisherman's Forum

Hi all its nice to find a group who shares my enthusiasm for all thing Intrepid!!
These are a couple of photos of some of my Intrepid collection.
I will upload individual photos if you want but these reels always remind me of why i love fishing!
My first ever reel was a Black Prince followed by the Boyo.

You have a lovely collection there Mark.

That's a proper collection, thanks for sharing it with us

My first reel was a Black Prince, nice collection.

A most excellent collection, Sir. You have given me something to aim for !!!

Thanks guys there are still a couple of reels in boxes that elude me!!
I really want a boxed Boyo as it was one of my favourite reels as a kid. I have it unboxed but the boxed one is on my wishlist! lol
And also the variations of the boxes are something i enjoy too, to see how the packaging evolved over time.
I also have a few of the Gladding Intrepids boxed but there is nothing like a good old K P Morritt reel! (in my opinion)
Mark

Wow, all those boxes saved for posterity!

I've been wondering what became of Ken Morritts after ther Gladding take-over and the BFR buy-out by Orvis.


It seems he passed away in 1987 and was at the time living in Cheltenham.

A number of US Patents passed on to his two sons:

http://patent.ipexl.com/inventor/Kennet ... itt_1.html

Incidentaly, it's often stated that his first factory was in Cheam, Surrey, but actually it was in Gander Green Lane, in nearby Sutton. There was some indication that he first started in the back room of an Estate Agent's office.

Cracking collection OzTheCod, I have a very large soft spot for Intrepid range, especially the Elite, many thanks.................

Cheers guys wow Nobby your knowledge is impressive! and i believe my Elite is hiding behind the New Deluxe. Its a lovely reel and i have never had any problems with it. Caught some great fish with that reel!!

Re the Elites OzTheCod , never start stripping one down for spare parts, they changed the internal working so often, you'd be lucky to have two the same!. That beside, I`ve been fortunate to land some rather nice large carp with the Elite...........