Tag: Tibor

Joe at Red's Fly Shop takes a close look at three of Tibor's high-performance saltwater reels in preparation for a trip to Christmas Island. "These are my Tibor reels, and the fly lines I am putting on them for fishing in Christmas Island. The Tibor family composed of the Everglades, Riptide, Gulfstream, and Pacific are among the best reels in the world for...

Marianne Papa of Tibor Reel Corporation shows off the new hub colors for the Tibor Signature series and a spool pattern change for the standard Riptide series.

For 2012, Tibor will be adding an 11/12 model to their Signature Series. Made entirely in the U.S., the series features a completely ventilated spool and frame made of durable bar-stock aluminum. More importantly, Ted Juracsik designed an entirely new waterproof sealed drag system which can be taken apart for self-maintenance yet still remain under...

PLAIN AND SIMPLE, 2012 is not a year for revolutionary drag systems, spool designs, or materials when it comes to fly reels. What we see a lot in next year's reel models are mostly extensions of good ideas and redesigns of time-proven features. Tibor has extended the very successful design of the Signature series into the tarpon market with the 11-12...

Ted Juracsik walked from Budapest to Austria before finding his way to New York City and a new life in the U.S. In his own distinctive voice, he traces the remarkable path from his beginnings in Hungary as a soccer player and tool and die machinist to his eventual emergence as one of the world's top fly reel designers. Podcast Excerpt: "It took me almost a...