Historically S.E. Bogdan 00 Salmon fly reel

For sale is a S.E. Bogdan 00 single action Salmon reel. Right hand wind. Here are the details (all told directly from Stan Bogdan) on this historically significant reel: Made by Stan in 1962, the reel was made for Stan’s best friend, B.E. “Ted” Bensinger. Ted was the former owner of AMF, Mercury Marine, as well as Brunswick Billiards, and was the person who had the idea of merging Atlantic Salmon and Int. Salmon groups into the ASF. According to Stan, “Ted Bensinger was the first person who ever took me Salmon fishing in Canada”, and was a person significantly impacting the production of Bogdan reels from the start. “Ted believed in me when I didn’t even believe in myself”. The reel is a Right hand wind, single action salmon reel, and was made with a very rare, “roller guide” on the back side of the reel, so Bensinger could fish it “rings up – Canadian style” as well. There is mention of Bensinger fishing his Bogdan this way in the book Bogdan, by Graydon Hilyard. The reel has been fished and shows scratches along the bottom of the Champagne frame from years of fishing, but nothing major at all for this 50+ year old reel. Face plate is factory drilled/ventilated, and has “B.E. Bensinger” engraved along the bottom. Otherwise excellent shape, and 100% mechanically. This reel belongs to the owner of Thomas Rod Company before it came to me in 2013. The former owner owned this reel for approximately 25 years, and had an incredible opportunity to fish this reel with Stan in 2007 on the Upsalquich River in New Brunswick. During the time, Stan gave all the details listed above on this reel, and also completely disassembled and inspected the reel while I watched. He went into detail about Ted Bensinger, and became very emotional when describing their friendship. This reel is always in closet during this time. Hope someone will like it. This historic reel comes with its original suede drawstring bag.

SHIPPING COST & INFORMATION:
$50.00

SELLER CONTACT:
songdou231@gmail.com

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