Click Pawl reels?

I would like to find a good click pawl reel for a spey rod that does not cost an arm and a leg, do they exist?

 

You can occasionally find some old jw youngs for a decent price.

 

I got a hardy marquis salmon #2 for $200 with backing and solar collector and had only been used once as a demo reel. Just gotta lurk speypages and eBay. Or have homies that guide.

 

Look for JW young reels. You cheap bastard.

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Lurk the 'bay for a legit English made Hardy Marquis. Right now I run a Korean made Marquis Salmon 3 I bought new for I think $325. I've had no issues whatsoever. A little tiny bit of spool wobble but nothing bad at all.

 

I have a couple of English made Salmons , and a JW Youngs 1540 . The Youngs is a better built , sturdier reel than the Hardy`s .

 

Anyone have any experience with "Farlow" reels?

 

I'll throw in another opinion for Young. Relatively inexpensive and will last forever. I actually like them so much that I sold a couple of Hardys I had and now have Young (I think they sound better and have better springs)

 

Chris, I don't have any experience with farlows myself. I nave read however that after 1940 many were made for them by youngs. After about 1958 sharpes of aberdeen made reels for farlow also. Thats all I know about them.

 

I've bought JW Young Salmon (wide) versions on ebay in the $50 to $60 range. They're built like a tank. The poor mans Hardy.

 

farlows are good,usually they were made by J.w. Young & Sons

 

Any of the Farlow Serpents, Python's, etc. are all good solid reels but have been increasing in price of late. They are not palmable spools, but that's not a big deal and actually makes them less damageable. If possible check to make sure springs still have some strength to them.

 

And if you go for more modern reels, there's the Tibor and Abel and Lamson speys, and Speyco makes a reasonably priced and very inventive line of reels, pretty tough too.

 

Define "arm and a leg"...