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Adam,

The system with one or two sliding rings and no thread or locking mechanism is quite common on light fly rods. You simply press the ring or rings onto the foot of the fly reel, and it will sit there. The load or pressure is usually small on these light rods, and the reel should be secure enough.

Martin

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want to use my grandfather's fly fishing rod and i don't see any nut that you spin to lock reel in place. it is a airex air glass rod light cat no. 221 in general do they make rods where the cork end of the rod just uses two press fit fittings to hold reel in place

Thank you Petr! I am very pleased that you liked this one. The colors for me were something I just had to do. I am happy to hear you liked the color combination!

Submitted by Geoff on

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Do you have a pattern for an "Old Faithful"? I believe that it is tied from a breast feather of a cock pheasant and the body is sort of an olive green. Thanks!

George,

Being in Denmark doesn't put me in a good position to find bargains in the US, but a quick search should reveal several places for you to shop online. I found the Fleye Foils in the online shop White Water Flies.com which ships for free within the US.

Bear's Den has the foils too and uses USPS and has no extra charges as far as I can see.

Martin

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George
Where can we buy fleye foil in the US without paying ups charges that are more than the product, What happened to US Mail?

Sean,

I'm not quite sure that your interpretation of the copyright laws are quite valid... if you see a picture of an Apple product or one from Bang and Olufsen without measures on it, does that mean you can copy their design as you please? I'm sure that Apple's and B&O's lawyers will disagree! Copyright is there no matter what text or signs is on a picture, manuscript or drawing unless it's waived (like with Creative Commons) or has run out.

But Tom probably has no lawyers and most likely won't pursue you if you copy and/or sell his design. Whether you want to do that or develop your own original designs is fully up to you and your conscience.

Martin

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Since all of the pictures are dimension-less, if I machine one similar and sell it, then that's not copyright infringement!
So far I have made one of my own and a simpler one for sale! My spool size is 3.5 in, the line guide is different, and the reel foot extension is different and lighter. Thank you Tom for your great ideas!

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