Pflueger was also on the cutting edge of innovation. They had hundreds of patents dating back as much as a hundred years. This reel is so different that I believe they were trying to make sure they were no where close to infringing on someone else’s patent. Pretty much every part of this was something new or different. The drag system in close in operation to the early Airex Larchmont reel but different enough in execution to insure there was no patent infringement. I’m not crazy about the appearance or even operation of this reel but I love the ingenuity of it.
That's quite the contraption! So many strange things about it. So many design decisions to ponder.
Pflueger was also on the cutting edge of innovation. They had hundreds of patents dating back as much as a hundred years. This reel is so different that I believe they were trying to make sure they were no where close to infringing on someone else’s patent. Pretty much every part of this was something new or different. The drag system in close in operation to the early Airex Larchmont reel but different enough in execution to insure there was no patent infringement. I’m not crazy about the appearance or even operation of this reel but I love the ingenuity of it.