Vintage Fly Reel Featherlight

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

Name/Title

Vintage Fly Reel "Featherlight"

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.36

Description

A vintage Fly Fishing Reel by A.F. Meisellbach & Bro Newark New Jersey. These reels were simple useful reels, quite small just over 2" diameter. The Featherlight was first made in 1895, the Featherlight 250 is circa 1910.

Category

Fishing Equipment
Country & Rural activities

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Made/Created

Manufacturer

A.F. Meisselbach & Bro

Date made

1910 - 1910

Place

* Untyped Place

New Jersey. USA

Location

* Untyped Location

C2S5