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.
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!
fiberglass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!