Ted Godfrey - Reelsmith

 
Model Diameter Line *  Width Weight Price

253

2.56. inches WF-3-20 yd 1.24 inches  4 oz.    $1325
253D 2.56 inches DT-3-25 yd 1.30 inches 4.1 oz. $1325

274

2.75 inches

DT-4-25 yd

1.25 inches

5.0 oz.

$1350

275

2.75 inches

DT-5-25 yd

1.33 inches

5.1 oz.

$1350

275W

2.75 inches

WF-6-20 yd

1.45 inches

5.2 oz.

$1350

306

3.0 inches

WF-6-50 yd

1.30 inches

5.5 oz.

$1395

306D

3.0 inches

DT-6-60 yd

1.38 inches

5.5 oz.

$1395

Backing is 20 lb micron. *                          Extra spools: $250





GODFREY WESTMINSTER TROUT REELS


The typical vom Hofe or Walker style reel is rather heavy; the Godfrey Classic Reels are lighter than these Vintage Reels and the Godfrey Westminster reels are even lighter yet. The Westminster Reel  sets a new standard for light weight and fine workmanship. These arethe perfect reels for short cane rods and all high quality graphite rods. Unique Design features include elegant Nickel Silver bands, screws, and all other fittings, plus rich and durable Black hard-coat finished aluminum side plates. A benchmark design for today's lighter weight rods.








  • Excellent smaller cane rod and graphite rod balance

  • Handle Arm: Choice of Westminster or Serpentine arm

  • Handle Knob: Black, White, Swelled, Straight..

  • Solid front plate and spool.

  • Single screw take-apart.

  • Easy LH - RH change over. 

  • The Two and a Half Inch Reels - Two and three weight reels are smallest reels that Ted currently makes. Great for the seven foot and even shorter rods cane rods including the Baby Catskill, (requires a special reel foot at no extra charge).These models are truly classic size reels, but they are much lighter weight than the vintage hard rubber side plate reels.

  • The Two and Three Quarter Inch Reels - These reels vary in width for increased capacity and are best for the small or medium sized rods and for stream fishing for Trout.

  • The Big Three Inch Reels -  Great river fishing reels for medium and long Cane Rods or that special graphite or classic glass rod. The extra diametere is great fro faster line retieve for trout and bass. Ted likes the 306D for fishing the Juanita in Pennsylvania.

WESTMINSTER BALANCE -  Due to the relative simplicity of assembly, the Westminster is the lowest priced Godfrey reel available.  As a benchmark design it has "spawned' reel design concepts that are found in some of the most unique of Godfrey Reels. As a pinnacle reel, the Westminster remains the most versatile in its many model sizes and is one of the most customer designed reel of all the Godfrey Models.

GW-252 2.5 inches DT-2-30 yd. 1.16 inches 4.0 oz. $1050
GW-253D 2.5 inches DT-3-25 yds. 1.22 inches 4.1 oz. $1050

GW-273

GW-274

 GW-275

GW-275W 2.75 inches WF-6-20yd. 1.36 inches 4.4 oz. $1050
GW-306 3.0 inches WF-6-50 yds. 1.22 inches 4.7 oz. $1065
GW-306D 3.0 inches DT-6-60 yds. 1.28 inches 4.8 oz. $1065

Perforated Spool and Face-plate Option:  Add $75.00

 

  • GODFREY BROWN TROUT REELS

  • The Brown Trout Reel is an elegant step up in classic reel design with special, new perforated face plate and centered on the back is a nickel silver and bronze medallion. The face plate with its circle of red dots inside the circle of ports makes this reel very unique.

 

 

The Brown Trout Reel is an elegant step up in design and features with special, new

 perforated face plate and new back plate. The Brown Trout features an elegant nickel

 silver and bronze medallion at the center. The face plate with its circle of red dots inside

 the circle of ports makes this reel very unique among classic style reels. Other features

 are the same as the very popular Westminster reel including nickel silver bands and

 fittings, 5-position drag adjustment, and light weight aluminum handle arm and spool.

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 Model

Size

  Line *

Width

 Wgt

 

Price

 

GBT 274

2.75 in.

DT-4-25 yds.

1.22 in.

4.3 oz.

$1450

GBT 275

2.75 in.

DT-5-25 yds.

1.28 in.

4.4 oz.

$1450

GBT 275W

2.75 in.

WF-6-20 yds.

1.36 in.

4.4 oz.

$1450

GBT 306

3.0 in.

WF-6-50 yds.

1.22 in.

4.7 oz.

$1495

GBT 306D

3.0 in.

DT-6-60 yds.

1.28 in.

4.8 oz.

$1495

                   Backing is 20 lb. Micron                  Extra spools: $250
  

Models:   274, 275, 275W, 306, 306D


Handle arm :   Serpentine or Westminster

Face plate:   Solid, Perforated or Classic Perf.

Handle knob:   Black or White Iveroid. 

 


 
Master Series - Brook Trout Reel
 Brook Trout Reel

Francis Philbrook
was a tool and die maker of Maine. We have  him to thank at least in part for the Leonard raised pillar reels and his name has been attached to the marbled red and black reels. Still in controversy it seems that it is not obvious  that the sides are made of hard rubber as one historian postulated that it was a combination of other natural resins that were imported in great variety a hundred years ago. Nevertheless,  a red reel of striking contrasting hues is a commanding statement on any reel!

The Godfrey Master Series Brook Trout Reel
is inspired by the revered Philbrook - Payne mottled reels. But it is

 modernized with single screw take down and the Westminster

 adjustable drag system. This makes for a far more functional and

 user friendly reel than the traditional design with so many screws

 to remove and no adjustment mechanism.

The obvious uniqueness is of the sides is a "labor of love"

 involving heavily driving dies of various shapes into quarter inch

 thick aluminum plate. This die driving bows the plate and

 complicates the process of shaping and forming, and finishing to

 make a finished reel side plate - arduous work to be sure, but

 worth it. The indentations are filled with making and then the

 plates black anodized at Eastern Plating, one of the very few

 anodizing companies still doing this type of work. Back at the

 shop the indentations are cleared of making, filled with red epoxy

 and the whole plate ground and polished to perfection.
Brook Trout Reel


Brook Trout Reel Models and Specifications
Model Frame Diameter Line Capacity * Frame
Width
Reel
Weight
Price
RS-253 ** 2.56 inch DT-2 Wt. 25 yards 1.24 inch 4.3 ounce $2,350.00
BT-274L 2.75 inch DT-3 Wt. 25 yards 1.24 inch 4.6 ounce $2,350.00
BT-274 2.75 inch DT-4 Wt. 25 yards 1.30 inch 4.6 ounce $2,350.00
BT-305 3 inch DT-5 Wt. 25 yards 1.24 inch 5.0 ounce $2,395.00
BT-306 3 inch DT-6 Wt. 15 yards 1.30 inch 5.2 ounce $2,395.00

* Synthetic line with 20 lb. Micron backing. Note: the 3 inch reels have double top pillars.
** New Brook Trout Reel model for my friend Robert S. of Maryland


Brook Trout ReelMaster Series - Brook Trout Reel Options:

Handle Arm: Single, Serpentine(on the rod/reel picture above) or Philbrook
Handle Knob: Black, Ivory-white or Genuine Ivory
at no extra charge
Extra Spools: Hand fitted to reel with optional draw string case - $250

 

Godfrey Brook Trout Reels come with warranty and maintenance paper. Spools are hand fitted so consider extra spools in your initial order.

   




The Perfectionist Reel
The Perfectionist is the toughest
most elegant of all raised pillar reels. It also has the most precise drag

 adjustment of any spring pawl type reel available. Now in production for

 ten years, the early Classic and the perfected Perfectionist reels have

 become the most popular of all Godfrey reels.

This finely detailed reel combines many unique features for lasting beauty --

 the Vom Hofe style adjustment knob, traditional black side plates, and

 unique and elegant 6-pillar raised pillar frame made of hand-cut and

 polished nickel silver.

The reel is elegant in simplicity yet very functional with its 9-position pawl

 and spring drag adjustment and of course single screw take down. This reel

 mechanism is the result of three years of design and testing which has yielded

 a calibrated, linear adjust system with true repeatability - drag tension in

 adjust-up same as adjust-down.

 Making this reel has been a labor of love and I think of it as a reel for the

 "serious" angler. Note that the drag range can be custom calibrated per your

 request.

Perfectionist
Perfectionist Reel Models and Specifications
Model Frame Diameter Line Capacity * Frame Width Reel
Weight
Price
GPF - 305 2.75 inch DT-4 Wt. 75 yards backing 1.24 inch 5.6 ounce $1825.00
GPF - 306 2.75 inch DT-5 Wt. 50 yards backing 1.30 inch 5.6 ounce $1825.00
GPF - 306D 2.75 inch DT-6 Wt. 60 yards backing 1.38 inch 5.8 ounce $1825.00
GPF306DD              2.75 inch DT-6 Wt. 120 yards backing 1.46 inch 5.8 ounce $1825.00

* Backing is 20 lb. Micron Frame Size is frame diameter not including the pillars.

 

Five Weight Reels - Model 305 reel is for those who want a more narrow profile and a little faster line retrieve.

The 306 and 306D - Six Weight Reels - By some standards these are still fairly light and will generally balance any 8 foot cane rod or 9 foot graphite rod. Excellent choice for all-around fishing for trout and bass in the great rivers of North America.


Master Series - Perfectionist Reel Options:
Handle Arm:

Handle Knob:

Face Plate and Spool:

Extra Spools:


Single, Gothic-Serpentine or Philbrook

Black, Ivory-white or
Ivory  at no extra charge.

Plain or Perforated

Hand fitted to reel with optional draw string case - $250
Perfection

 Godfrey Brook Trout Reels come with warranty and maintenance paper.  Spools are hand fitted so consider extra spools in your initial order.

 
 

  GODFREY PARADIGM REELS

 

THE PARADIGM REELS feature the powerful, exclusive Godfrey Custom drum drag system with positive lever adjustment that was

 first introduced in 1986.  The basic design has 20 years field testing around the world: Alaskan trout and silver salmon,

 Montana  spring creek rainbows and browns, Icelandic sea run trout - anywhere fine-tippet finesse angling or sheer power is

 needed.

Featuring classic nickel silver fittings, smooth adjustable drag, elegant design, heavy duty frame with elegant heavy duty nickel

silver  bands, and massive bearings, the Godfrey Custom Paradigm Reels are the finest trout reels available for the serious angler.

 

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Please Specify: Left Hand or Right Hand Wind. Serpentine or Pendulum Handle

Handle knob:   Black, White Ivoroid, Genuine Ivory $50 Extra

Option:   Perforated Face Plate and Spool $75.00

Extra Spools:   $250.00 each

Godfrey Paradigm Reels come with warranty and maintenance paper. Spools are hand fitted so consider extra spools in your initial order.

Paradigm Three and Four Weight Reels - The Beaverkill at two and a half inch diameter is a true classic, but with all the modern Paradigm power and features. The Spruce Creek is definitely the most popular workhorse Paradigm Reel while the sleek, narrow profile Penns Creek is "the reel" for lighter and shorter three and four weight rods.

The Malleo and Madison Reels - The five weights: The Malleo is the standard reel for a weight forward or double taper five line with more or less backing. This is the best all around reel for seven and half and eight foot cane rods. The new Madison three inch reel is a great reel with that classic American narrow profile and quick line retrieve.

The Ausable Reel - For five and six weight: The popular Ausable model is the standard full function relatively light reel for six weight line.

The Big Horn Reels - The Large Drag System Six Weight Reels: The Big Horn and The Bruce Paradigm Reels. The Bruce is named for Dr. Bruce Thatcher, the head of Feathered Hook International - angling travel. He determined that a larger diameter trout reel with larger capacity and faster retrieve would best suit his varied angling interests. The Big Horn and The Bruce with the larger diameter power drag system are specifically designed to provide great line control and added power to stop large trout and bass. The added backing capacity is housed in a very classy narrow profile frame. Given all this, these are the very best large river -- large trout reels available!

  Model  

  Size

    Line*      

Width  

Weight  

  Price

Beaverkill

2.56 in.

DT-3-25 yds.

1.28 in.

4.5 oz.

$1850

Penns Creek

2.75 in.

WF-4-25 yds.

1.22 in.

 4.7 oz.

$1850

Spruce Creek

2.75 in.

DT-4-25 yds.

1.28 in.

 4.7 oz.

$1850

Malleo

2.75 in.

DT-5-25 yds.

1.36 in.

 4.8 oz.

$1850

Madison

3.0 in.

WF-5-75 yds.

1.22 in.

 5.2 oz.

$1875

Ausable

3.0 in.

WF-6-50 yds.

1.28 in.

 5.3 oz.

$1875

Bighorn

3.2 in.

DT-6-120 yds.

1.22 in.

 5.6 oz.

$1895

The Bruce

3.4 in.

DT-6-200 yds.

1.36 in.

7.2 oz.

$1895

THE GODFREY HERITAGE  BI-METAL REEL

 BiMetal Reel

 The Godfrey Heritage BiMetal Reel is back with

 improvements both in styling and material. This is obviously modeled

 after the famous Leonard BiMetal with nickel silver sides and bronze

 frame.

This lovely BiMetal features new dies cut to make the face plate name

 and harder - more scratch resistant nickel silver, plus a prettier bronze

 frame.

Like all Godfrey reels the BiMetal features single screw take down and

 the tried-and-true adjustable click pawl drag system. Due to the weight

 of the nickel silver, this reel is produced in the smaller sizes for three

 to five weight lines. This is a wonderfully functional, and certainly an

 elegant statement to complement your favorite cane rod.

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BiMetal Trout Reel Models and Specifications
Model Frame Diameter Line Capacity * Frame
Width
Reel
Weight
Price
GBI 35 2.50 inch DT-3 Wt. 25 yards 1.16 inch 5.3 ounce . $1,595.
GBI 40 2.50 inch DT-4 Wt. 25 yards 1.23 inch 5.5 ounce $1,595.
GBI 50 2.50 inch DT-5 Wt. 25 yards 1.30 inch 5.6 ounce. $1,650.

 

Three and Four Weight Reels - These two reels are arch typical BiMetal along traditional lines with somewhat narrower frames. Chose the BGI-35 for either two and three weight double taper lines and adjust the amount of backing accordingly.

The Five Weight BiMetal Reel - The GBI-45 is definitely the most popular BiMetal model! Having the same frame diameter as the other two reels, it is not a large weight increase and is versatile for many 7 1/2 foot to eight foot cane rods of many different line weights and actions.

* Synthetic line with 20 lb. Micron backing
BiMetal Reel Options: BiMetal Reel
Handle Arm:
Handle Knob:
Extra Spools:
Single, Serpentine or Philbrook -
Black, Ivory-white or Genuine Ivory- $50.00
Hand fitted to reel with draw string case - $250.00
The BiMetal Reel comes with warranty and maintenance paper in hand made, draw string leather bag with stamped logo. Spools are hand fitted so consider extra spools in your initial order.
   

 

GODFREY CUSTOM SALMON REELS

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      MODELS AND SPECIFICATIONS

  Model

  Line 

Width

Wt.

 

Price

 

3 1/2 inch Salmon-Steelhead Models 

  Rio Grande

WF-7-150 yds.

1.46 in.

8.8 oz.

$2550

 

Deschutes

 

WF-8-150 yds.

 

1.56 in.

 

9.0 oz.

 

$2550

 

Babine

 

WF-9-150 yds.

 

1.66 in.

 

9.2 oz.

 

$2550


 

3 1/2 inch Salmon Models

 

  Light Salmon

WF-8-200 yds.

1.85 in.

9.6 oz.

$2550

 

Salmon

WF-9-200 yds.

1.95 in.

9.8 oz.

$2550

 

Heavy Salmon

WF-10-200 yds.

2.05 in.

10 oz.

$2550


 

4 inch Spey Models

 

  Salmon II

Spey-9-300 yds.

1.95 in.

12 oz.

$2850

  Salmon III

Spey-10-300yds.

2.05 in.

12.5 oz.

$2850

 *

Salmon-Steelhead reel backing: 20 lb.

Salmon and Spey reel backing: 30 lb.

Extra spools: $300

Models:   Salmon, Steelhead, Spey

Retrieve :   Left Hand or Right Hand wind

Handle knob:   Black, White

 

 


Salmon - Steelhead Models:  
Rio Grande, Deschutes, and Babine have all the features of the Custom 3.5 inch

 Salmon Reels, but are narrower and lighter in weight. The spools are narrower to accommodate small diameter

 20 lb braided backing. Designed for maximum line control, the Custom Steelhead reels are full-featured with

 geared retrieve. When looking for sheer power and elegant detailed reelsmithing, you are "home" with the

 Custom Steelhead Reels.

 

The Salmon Models:   For over 20 years the Godfrey Salmon Reels have caught thousands of Atlantic salmon

 around the world. Since the Custom Salmon Reels are designed to provide more than adequate backing capacity,

simply choose a Custom Reel to match your salmon rod line designation.

 

The Spey Reels:   - The Salmon II and Salmon III Custom Spey Reels feature large capacity for 300 yards of

 backing plus a full size modern spey line. These four inch diameter reels have double pillar design for extra

 rigidity. The drag system has heavier shoes and powerful drag spring for extra power for handling heavy fish in

 fast water.

 

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