


Daisy records show that on December 8, 1952, No. 111, Model 40 Red Ryders made on Decemwere stamped with register numbers starting with 000001 and ending with 002405. LHR Lightweight - EC11 EC12 - 3-12, Heddon 320, etc.Daisy production records show that the No. Most of us think in reel diameters, and a 2-12 diameter spool will be on the 2-78 diameter reel, which is the equivalent of a Hardy Featherweight - the EC10. You know, like a shotgun, when in use, a fly reel is something between a tool and an elegant instrument.īut on the shelf in the tackle room, it evokes the past and promises the future. The moderator will take care of us if we sputter too bad, and your account is more than a memory dump.Īnd its a reminder of the benefit of a little simple maintenance. Its another knock-off that I haphazardly refinished, and I dont remember the original foil-labeled brand or number, except it wasnt an Eagle Claw or a Heddon. The other reel with tape over it is about 3 12 frame diameter, as you noted. It continues to be the reel I step off the back porch with to go down to my farm ponds on my sunfish rig, at least a couple of times a week.

He knew that it fit the bill in terms of value, functionality, and just about any other criterion. Alley (Advanced Lake Fly Fishing, 40 Best Trout Flies, etc.), who excelled on the limestone creeks of Pennsylvania and on the trout lakes and steelhead rivers of the west. When I was a boy, I learned fly fishing from R. So, Im figuring that the EC10 would be an LRH-like model and the 12 would be a salmon model, i.e., St. In your picture the EC11 appears to be 3-12-a Princess copy. The other reel was a junk and I dont recall if it was foil labled Compac, Commander, or HardKnock, but you can see its frame dimension. If hard to read in the photo, the spools are 2 12, 2 78 and 3 18 inches. Note that another source of confusion is that some makers gave frame diameter, others spool diameter, as is the case for the Eagle Claw series. I just need to figure out the number designation.) By the way, your point about being able to pick up parts through Cortlandline shows how practical these reels remain-inexpensive to begin with, yet they accept Hardy parts. If so, it should make a great 5-weight reel for my FF705, no Do you know which Hardy copy is 3-12 (Im not looking for a matched set, so it could be Eagle Claw, Heddon, Berkley, Olympic, etc. My question is if the 310 is the LRH-size reel 3-38, as opposed to my 2-78 Berkley 520.
