On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:32:26 GMT, "Tom Littleton" wrote:


"daytripper" wrote in message
.. .
Otherwise - and someone will torch me for this, for sure - but I suggest
you consider a better reel than the venerable 1495 where you're planning on
going.

/daytripper (your reel-hand knuckles will thank you later....)

.......no urge to torch you, but I have landed a few decent
fish over the years on a 1495. A little tinkering with the cork pads(someone
else did the job for me, or I would post better details), and the thing will
stop a train. Or, at
least it effectively stopped a running, 45 pound hound mix chasing a tennis
ball, when I tested the beefed-up drag
before a salmon/steelhead trip.g
Tom
p.s. what knuckle pain? Pfft!

In four minutes you changed your tune ;-)

For a good couple of decades, Pflueger made no doubt the single most popular
fly reel of all time. And there are a couple of folks that could testify to
the curiously large collection of original, Made In USA Pflueger fly reels I
have amassed, mostly through inheritances and family friends' estates. All of
them 149x series, from li'l bitties to metallic monsters, half-sizes, too.

Haven't used any one of them in decades.

If I was spending the bucks to go to Alaska like the OP and....
ummmmm...
errrrmmm....
grrrrrrrrrrrrr.....
uunnnnnh......
TAKING ONLY ONE REEL (There! I said it!! ;-)

it sure wouldn't be a Pflueger Medalist 149x...

Cheers

/daytripper (one of these days I'll eBay the lot of 'em...)