Fred

[Whit]

Friends:

Although a long time reel tinkerer,  I wanted to share what a wonderful experience I recently had with Fred Oakes who is a frequent contributor to this board.  I sent him four reels to work on, all of them old and some of them having vastly greater sentimental value than practical application.  Indeed a less biased observer would look at a couple of them and no doubt have wondered aloud "why bother"?   

Undeterred Fred took them in, broke them down, fixed them all beautifully using new and cannibalized parts (in the case of one reel inherited from my grandfather which was at least 50 years old), documented everything, put each in a nice felt bag and shipped them back ready to go.  All very reasonable.   On one reel, a battered and salt encrusted old Mitchell 410, I know he must have taken hours and it showed!  Smooth as silk!

Anyway, wanted to share the positive feedback with everyone on the board!

Whit

[Midway Tommy]

I must say I'm not surprised. I think that's the Fred we've all come to know. 

[STRIPER LOU]

Thanks for sharing that with us Whit. Those of us who have dealt with Fred know without a doubt he is a gentleman and an inspiration to all. Its people like Fred that help make up this group for what it is!
Have a great day,  ..  Lou

[Dominick]

Thanks for sharing that with us Whit. Those of us who have dealt with Fred know without a doubt he is a gentleman and an inspiration to all. Its people like Fred that help make up this group for what it is!
Have a great day,  ..  Lou

That's our Freddie.    Dominick

[Bill B]

Class Act both of you     Bill

[Reel 224]

Fred is a great person and I'm sure he will appreciate the positive feedback. I will say in my experience as well, he has been a good friend to me and Ruth.

Joe