OT home made fly reel

[groundpounder]

Fly fishing has definitely become my sport to be. It has been a while since I have tinkered in the machine shop but lately I have had the itch. I just completed making this all aluminum fly reel. I came up with an open bore design which I have never seen before. I have the spool riding on two o-rings that are turned into a tube. This tube is made into the frame all being one piece. The end of the tube is threaded and I made an aluminum knurled nut to hold the spool on. The drag system is that of a click and pawl. There are teeth that are recessed and cut into the backside of the spool and a nylon plastic pawl or clicker that engages into the teeth. This is only a 3 or 4 weight reel so a sophisticated drag was not necessary. Alot of file work and polishing to finish it off and this is what I have come up with.





Now just to add some line and take it to the river!

[secret]

Thats Awosome Groundpounder!!! Your skills as a machinest are top noch. Did you get a patent on that before posting pictures? i sure hope so.It reminds me of the tube bottom brackets on the new mountain bikes. Excellent work.

[roly]

Nice job on that reel GP

now your going to have to start takin orders

very nice!!

[groundpounder]

Did you get a patent on that before posting pictures? .

Nah, just going to be a one off custom

[secret]

Groundpounder,while your out at your shop....You think you could make a "run" of Groundpounders to fit the Matrix? Please.

[Deerstalker]

Outstanding!! How many hours do you have in that beautiful piece of work?

[Mo wannabe]

SWEET !

[papa bear1]

WOW I'll take 2 please That is absolutley awesome
wonderfull job.
Dave

[groundpounder]

Outstanding!! How many hours do you have in that beautiful piece of work?

Going to guess around 40. I did make a drawing before starting but a few things changed along the way which took some extra time. Also several hours just in filing and polishing. The main machining to get what looks like a reel is pretty quick. Its everything else thats so time consuming.

[groundpounder]

Groundpounder,while your out at your shop....You think you could make a "run" of Groundpounders to fit the Matrix? Please.

I did not know that the riser changed? Will the GP mount not fit anymore? Have not really thought about getting back into production on the mount.

[vixenmaster]

That be some slick machining you did, very nice my friend

[wabi]

Looks nice!

Have you been able to test drive it yet?

[robertyb]

Groundpounder,while your out at your shop....You think you could make a "run" of Groundpounders to fit the Matrix? Please.

I did not know that the riser changed? Will the GP mount not fit anymore? Have not really thought about getting back into production on the mount.

I saw a post by Munch that said his mounts would fit the Matrix.

[groundpounder]

Looks nice!

Have you been able to test drive it yet?

Not yet Wabi. Just finished polishing it today. Haven't even put line on it yet. I might be able to give it a spin some time next week.

[Boo]

Awesome Todd! Very nice!!