Wright McGill Freeline

[Baron]

Does anyone have any Idea how these work? I have one and it is cool.

 

[moon1284]

Not sure it's really a fly reel just a guess by looking
My guess is if you click back on the reel handle it will disengage the drag. Maybe its a multiplier retrieve too.

 

[Baron]

Hmm. I guess I'll try that. Thanks Moon!

 

[GeneBeam]

I think the Wright McGill Fre-Line reel is a spinning reel and the early ones were made in Boulder CO in the early 1950s on what I found online.

 

[GeneBeam]

I think the Wright McGill Fre-Line reel is a spinning reel and the early ones were made in Boulder CO in the early 1950s on what I found online.

 

[chromefinder]

my dad's favorite PA trout reel
to use, Reverse handle one-half turn to free the line, cast and just wind it to retrieve.

He used it with 6lb high viz mono, on a 7 foot fiberglass fly rod with minnows or bait. He caught more trout on that rig than you can imagine.
I still have a couple of these reels in the the basement as they broke often.

see web info

 

[Baron]

Wow Chrome Finder, They were like a Cult Reel. Seems to me, since I actively fish my collection, that I may want to label this reel a "novelty" and display it and move on. While fly fishing I greatly prefer a clicker this reel is way too nuanced and confusing. I think that for someone who started on a sidewinder it would eventually come more easily in time.
Thanks for all the help and also the links.

 

[chromefinder]

yep, I've only tried it with mono and he only used mono with it as well.