Daiwa 7250HRLA, a look inside a light spinner

[BocaSnook1]

Sorry, I just saw your question - not sure why it did not come through in the last year?

Not much luck here - they shut down the big Flea Market for months at the NC State Fairgrounds in Raleigh and when it finally did reopen most of the fishing vendors did not come back.  Some luck on the coast with yard sales but overall everything has slowed down with COVID.

[sandbar]

Great tutorial that lead me to purchase one of these a couple of years ago for what I thought was a steal at the time. I got burned by a missing drag stack. The reel felt so solid that I have purchased 3 more over time. Definitely a sleeper.

[CI_Seawolf]

My first trout reel that my dad got me was a 7150 HRLA.  I would love to find one in decent condition.

[happyhooker]

Older topic, but I just got a 7450HRL from another member (thanks again David) and thought I'd add my two cents worth for posterity.

If you are into @50 yr. old all (or just about) metal reels, this could be your candidate.  Tannish gold color with black, somewhat heavy, spool. Fold down handle and bail. Mine looks like it sat for awhile, maybe near salt water, as the chrome pieces are less than pristine; not a biggie, except for the line roller, which I have used my Dremel on and gotten into usable condition.  Best feature: multi-disk drag stack w/ fiber and Teflon disks; seems to work very well after a clean up.  Less enticing: main gear is cast metal (brass/bronze pinion), as is one of the oscillation gears and, worse, the AR cam; the gears don't look bad and I am not one who would automatically black mark a reel with a cast metal (aka pot metal) gear, but that AR cam fits into the aluminum body & the dissimilar metals finds the cam locked in place in the body; got it loose after some effort, but the cam is a bit fragile & is damaged where the AR lever attaches; managed to reassemble (tricky lever spring), but had to semi-permanently attach the lever with an adhesive & it seems to work OK.  Repainted body, cover & rotor w/ a tan Dupli-Color car paint, which is a very good match to original color.  One smallish ball bearing on the pinion, held in by a snap ring with the smallest holes on record for the removal pliers; ended up prying it out and back in.

All in all, a relatively small reel that holds a fairly large amount of heavier line for its size; mostly metal construction lets it clock in a notch above the competition of typical older mid-sized reels.

Frank