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Title: Vintage fishing reels
Post by: fishinator on May 19, 2023, 04:44 PM

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Anyone collect old reels? I picked these up at a yard sale for ten bucks.  Haven't done much research on them yet. The bottom one appears to be the oldest. It's a 1904 tripart. No gears,  just 1 to 1 and no level wind either.  Others are more common pflugers and shakespeares. Couple had metal rods but unfortunately they are in terrible shape. Going to clean them up and display them in the garage somewhere.
Title: Re: Vintage fishing reels
Post by: rivereddy on May 19, 2023, 05:09 PM
On my "Go To" ultralight spinning rod is taped a 1972
Abu Garcia Cardinal 3 made for Zebco. Smooth as
silk. About the same time as I bought the Cardinal,
I built a rod for my father who seldom fished.  I bought
a Mitchell 300 for it. It was rarely used.  I still have it and
it sits in its original box.  I"ve also got a shoe box bull of
old Pfleuger and Shakespeare knuckle busters...

fish on,

rivereddy
Title: Re: Vintage fishing reels
Post by: myemmy on May 19, 2023, 06:07 PM
Nice find, I have a small collection of old reels and a couple rods not much value but nice show pieces.
Title: Re: Vintage fishing reels
Post by: taxid on May 19, 2023, 09:22 PM
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Anyone collect old reels? I picked these up at a yard sale for ten bucks.  Haven't done much research on them yet. The bottom one appears to be the oldest. It's a 1904 tripart. No gears,  just 1 to 1 and no level wind either.  Others are more common pflugers and shakespeares. Couple had metal rods but unfortunately they are in terrible shape. Going to clean them up and display them in the garage somewhere.

Wow I bet those reels could tell some stories!
Title: Re: Vintage fishing reels
Post by: iceman260 on May 20, 2023, 05:41 AM
Nice find fishinator, I have a box full of old reels that people gave me. The ones i cherish were my grand fathers and my fathers they are mounted on old steel fishing rods.
Title: Re: Vintage fishing reels
Post by: taxid on May 20, 2023, 07:02 AM
Nice find fishinator, I have a box full of old reels that people gave me. The ones i cherish were my grand fathers and my fathers they are mounted on old steel fishing rods.

When I was a kid my dad bought some of those steel rods at a garage sale. I hated those things as it was all I had until I got enough baby sitting money together to buy a more modern rod!  :rotflol:
Title: Re: Vintage fishing reels
Post by: Mac Attack on May 20, 2023, 07:24 AM
When I was a kid my dad bought some of those steel rods at a garage sale. I hated those things as it was all I had until I got enough baby sitting money together to buy a more modern rod!  :rotflol:


fiberglass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Vintage fishing reels
Post by: rgfixit on May 20, 2023, 07:50 AM
I’ve collected a few over the years.
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There’s a few more. Most of the South Bend reels have their original box, paperwork and red vinyl case.


Title: Re: Vintage fishing reels
Post by: rivereddy on May 20, 2023, 07:52 AM
When I first began teaching, I was single and relatively debt free.  This allowed me to make most of
my fishing tackle from components.  I turned handles from portugese cork rings, used Fuji or Hardloy guides and,
of course, the blanks were honey colored Fenwicks. Top of the line stuff....I'd probably have a good
$40 invested in a spinning rod.  Rather than having all of he flex (action) at the tip of the rod, they had a
more parabolic flex. True, they were heavier than those new fangled graphite blanks, but they had a smooth
action that made them a joy to cast. To this day I still use some of them for trolling and tossing cranks.

Fish on,

rivereddy
Title: Re: Vintage fishing reels
Post by: myemmy on May 20, 2023, 08:10 AM
I have old spinning reel manufactured by the Lionel Company pretty neat ! Also I think that most fishers have an ocean city fly reel in their possession.
Title: Re: Vintage fishing reels
Post by: myemmy on May 20, 2023, 08:48 AM
Some of the better reels such as pfluger supremes ,summits ,akrons were pretty pricey for the working man in the era, rods also.
Title: Re: Vintage fishing reels
Post by: fishinator on May 20, 2023, 10:15 AM
I'm actually surprised at how little these are worth, not that I planned on selling them anyway.  From what little research I have done the more valuable reels are from smaller companies.  The only one that I bought that has any value is a 1904 meisselbach tripart 580. It was made by a small company in New Jersey that later moved to Ohio and eventually went out of business in 1941. And it's not really that valuable , I found them going for $50 to $100 on fleabay.
Title: Re: Vintage fishing reels
Post by: myemmy on May 20, 2023, 11:59 AM
I also can’t believe how little some of these vintage reels are worth,I gave a few to friends for there man cave, they are still neat to me😃
Title: Re: Vintage fishing reels
Post by: taxid on May 20, 2023, 04:54 PM

fiberglass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yup. I'm not usually sentimental but I had one fiberglass pole I bought with baby sitting money that I used so much as a kid I retired it as the metal guides had grooves in them from the fishing line. I could have replaced the guides but I hung it on the wall. When I was off to college my dad loaned it to a loser ex brother-in-law who promptly slammed it in a car door. I say he was a loser as he was a wife beater among other things. The sister that married him is now on her fifth marriage.
Title: Re: Vintage fishing reels
Post by: Mac Attack on May 20, 2023, 05:48 PM
I have a 7’ glass spinning rod I still use today.  It’s about 42-44 yrs old.
I put new guides on it a few years back.
I have caught a ton of fish with that thing.
Title: Re: Vintage fishing reels
Post by: myemmy on May 21, 2023, 02:00 PM
I see Mac has an oldie but goodie fishing out fit ,what do you guys treasure ? I hane and old fiber glass sears with a sears reel ,my guides are worn also ,lots of memories
Title: Re: Vintage fishing reels
Post by: rgfixit on May 21, 2023, 02:07 PM
My treasure is a Fenwick FF856 5-6 wt. it’s actually a replacement for the first fly rod I owned. The first was destroyed. Can’t remember how.

Such a sweet casting fly rod.
Title: Re: Vintage fishing reels
Post by: fishinator on May 21, 2023, 02:13 PM
I see Mac has an oldie but goodie fishing out fit ,what do you guys treasure ? I hane and old fiber glass sears with a sears reel ,my guides are worn also ,lots of memories
I was taught to fish on a zebco 202, no reason to keep any of those things around. Then I moved on to whatever walmart stuff I could afford. None of that was worth keeping around either and was tossed when it wore out.  Love my pflueger/st Croix set ups now.
Title: Re: Vintage fishing reels
Post by: rgfixit on May 21, 2023, 02:28 PM
I have a Zebco 202. Taught my grandson to fish with it.

He’s 21 now…….time flies.
Title: Re: Vintage fishing reels
Post by: taxid on May 21, 2023, 04:11 PM
I remember the Garcia Mitchell 300 spinning reel. Never could afford one as a kid but coveted them when I saw an adult using one. Now they are collector's items? Wow makes me feel old!

Speaking of the old days? Remember when the Lowrance Green box first came out? I coveted that too!  ;D
Title: Re: Vintage fishing reels
Post by: fishinator on May 21, 2023, 05:36 PM
I remember the Garcia Mitchell 300 spinning reel. Never could afford one as a kid but coveted them when I saw an adult using one. Now they are collector's items? Wow makes me feel old!

Speaking of the old days? Remember when the Lowrance Green box first came out? I coveted that too!  ;D
friend of mine has one of those displayed with some old fishing gear.
Title: Re: Vintage fishing reels
Post by: filetandrelease on May 22, 2023, 05:34 AM

 I have a few old Mitchell reels 300-308 , handed down from my dad and grand dad
 Few extra spools in their original boxes

  I also have a few Berkley series 1 rods and an UL lighting rod which are 40 plus years old
 And a couple old south bend UL ice rods
Title: Re: Vintage fishing reels
Post by: myemmy on May 22, 2023, 06:16 AM
One day we all should fish with vintage equipment such as steel rods or old glass rods with casting reels pflugers,south bends and black deacon line, then add a few old wood lures pinkie minnows river runts south Ben bassorenos etc, I think we have it easy now.
Title: Re: Vintage fishing reels
Post by: fishinator on May 22, 2023, 06:44 AM
One day we all should fish with vintage equipment such as steel rods or old glass rods with casting reels pflugers,south bends and black deacon line, then add a few old wood lures pinkie minnows river runts south Ben bassorenos etc, I think we have it easy now.
off topic, but I did see a group that has a steelhead tournament using little kids barbie and Spiderman poles. Looks like a blast. A Vintage equipment tournament would be fun.
Title: Re: Vintage fishing reels
Post by: Johnnh on May 22, 2023, 08:53 AM
Have 2 mitchell 300's, a 308 and a 400 (blue reel that mitchell produced and sold as a high speed reel).
Title: Re: Vintage fishing reels
Post by: catfisher on May 23, 2023, 07:40 AM
My regular fishing gear. Dam Quick for the 10-15 Lb. catfish. Luxor for Steelhead and Walleye jigging. Crack (precursor to Luxor) for panfish. I just like old stuff.
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Title: Re: Vintage fishing reels
Post by: Bartman44 on May 23, 2023, 02:07 PM
Nothing wrong with the old stuff Catfisher, nice reels.

Those bait-caster reels and rods bring back memories of my first experiences trolling when I was 9 or 10 years old. Back in the late 60's and early 70's, southern Lake Champlain was a walleye (and pike) mega-factory and my best friend's dad had a small camp north of Putnam Station. Dozens of small aluminum boats trolled up and down the shoreline daily, using those rigs, black Dacron line, with a Junebug spinner and night crawler trolled probably less than 30-40 feet behind the boat. It worked quite well and when a hit came, it was explosive, having no stretch and being so close to the boat. It was an exciting way to fish for sure.