Temple Fork Outfitters

When TFO announced several years ago that they were going to feature a reel designed by Terry Hayden I immediately made plans to become a dealer. Unfortunately, the TFO/Hayden reel has been discontinued. I think sales were lagging due to its weight and the fact that today's rods are getting lighter and lighter.However, when I mentioned in my newsletter that I was going to carry the TFO/Hayden reel I had a couple of my customers contact me to say I should look into the TFO/Large Arbor model also. I ordered a Model 375 and immediately put it to work. This is also a very well made reel with a drawbar disc drag with carbon fiber disc. It has a pleasant sounding outgoing click and is as smooth as almost any reel I've handled. There are three bearings total including the one-way bearing that determines retrieve direction. It features a very handsome glossy finish in black, gold, and red(!). I will be stocking the black, but other colors can be ordered and received within a week. I try to keep these in stock at all times. They also announced three sizes of a BVK model intended as a complement to their superb BVK rods. I intend to keep these in stock and will have photos up very shortly.

TFO, of course, also makes rods and markets lots of other items under the Springbrook and Mangrove labels. I can get anything in their catalog for you, but I'm only stocking the LA and BVK reels and the Mangrove neoprene reelcovers. Anything else will need to be special ordered so plan on a two week delay in receiving it.

For as long as they last, I have the TFO/Hayden models on closeout, both reels and spools. The same is true of the pewter finished original LA models. All are discounted and the specifics can be found in the Misc./Used listing on this site.