BFR magnum 140D trout reels

[Donnyboat]

Hi everyone, hope you all had a good festive season, I just brought some trout reels second hand, but in very good condition, 4 in total, but lets talk about the BFR Magnum 140D, if anyone could give me plenty of info on this reel.
      There is also a BFR Dragon fly, cartridge 395, also after, any info of this reel, such as the strength if them, also what wt rod, would be best to match them with. cheers Don.

[jurelometer]

Hi Don.

I don't own these reels but did take a quick look.

The Magnum 140 uses a common fly reel design from around the 70's, the most popular around here being the Scientific Anglers System 2.  The drag is offset from the main shaft and uses a pair of gears to interact with the spool.  Not a ton of drag, and the quick release spools tend to pop off when a speedy fish gets moving fast enough. 

I reckon the 140D is about a 10wt size, maybe a 12wt if the spool is on the wide side. I think that the same reel was sold as a Cortland 140D.  These reels were popular for a long time for salmon fishing in rivers, and the salmon haven't changed. Nostalgia buffs still fish them.  I would not be very enthused to use one as a saltwater reel for stronger species.

Same deal for the Dragonfly Casette, but I guess that this size is more around an 8wt.

As a rule of thumb.  smaller the fly line size, the less important the reel design.  You can catch a trout on a fly reel from  the 1920s just fine, but I want a modern drag system and a strong frame for chasing tuna.

-J

[Donnyboat]

Thanks Mr J, always full of info and reserch, hopefully a few more members can contribute some more, I brought them for a good price but there was a lot of other gear came with the deal, so its hard to single a price on any of the reels individually, cheers Don.