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Originally Posted by bonefish41
My first fly reel was my dad's hardy perfect taped to a south bend 7' spinning rod...
As for Frank's comment about pricing... I did an online search of two retailers one in montana and one in pennsylvania Abel big game old model on sale: #2$445;#3$490;#4N$550. Tibor Riptide $635; Everglades $610; Ross Momentum 10 wt $494; Teton 10 $240...this is not an exhaustive list of USA machined reels...thus an angel II korean priced at $610.00 versus the above USA comparators...
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True, But those are sale prices on the Abels, and the Sage (made in Korea) is 650$ as is the Orvis Vortex (made in Indonesia) 625$. Remember Hardy also makes the Zane, which is very similar to the Tibor for 550$. The Teton while a fine value is not in the same class with any of the reels listed.