Possibly, although I've been pretty slackadaisical about my approach this time out.
I don't actually need the reel, I just want the reel. Ergo, I can afford to be somewhat picky. That, combined with the lessons from the last time I played this game, has kept me pretty limited to what I'm looking at (I've barely looked at clicker CFOs, talk about inflated resale value!), and the Pflueger lineup is so long-winded, I've got a set of features I'm essentially insisting on which moves me to the head of the money class.
After checking HA's Bean Streamlight, though, I've redoubled my efforts on trying to pick one up.. Yet, there's just not alot of them on ebay.
On the other hand, we have Hardy. I'm confused by Hardy reels. People want them, desire them and crave them...but yet it seems to be the most popular of the classics on ebay. There's loads of 'em, and they're all going for, to me, obscene money. I'm curious to know if there's actually a bonafide interest in them, or if the entire market is built up around the myth of them, and in fact there's a damned warehouses full of NOS models and no one's realized it yet.
I'd certainly appreciate one of those falling into my lap at a decent price, with an agate line guard, please.
Such a huge hole in the marketplace, no one makes a quality clicker reel anymore except Pflueger. You'd think Orvis would churn out a Battenkill Heritage Edition or something. The only clicker in their lineup is a limited edition (200 units) gold CFO123.
Actually, that's not true. TFO supposedly makes one, but I haven't seen one in a shop. I'm also less than enthused because of the phrase that inevitably follows every TFO product's rousing endorsement. That phrase? "For the price." What a turn-off.
What's this has to do with Surveyor's original topic? Watch me bring 'er back round: If its not gonna kill you, pay the little more for the BBS over the cast Battenkill. It will last longer, feel better, and hopefully provide someone a momento of you long after you pass.
