I put that beat up old Hardy on eBay and it brought enough to buy 6 of those reels.
Is this blaspheme? 🙄
Blasphemous? No. They're just reels and your father wasn't wrong about trout reels.
That being said, I work really hard at buying my hunting and fishing (and woodworking etc) stuff that is built in the US or at least friendly countries.
I've never asked but I wonder if Hardy would have rebuilt that reel for a modest cost?
