Old Reel Collector

[crappiekilla]

I collect old reels and was curious if any of you would like to start an off topic forum to share your knowledge for us all to learn from each other. I primarily collect Penn,Mitchell,Cardinal,& DAM Quick spinning reels.I service and repair all of my reels & fish with most of them,but do have a few shelfies on display.

[DockShootinJack]

Welcome aboard. I have a few old ones myself. Don't do much with them. Sometimes they go out and catch fish

[Mstr Dan]

The only old spinner I have is a RECORD Half-bail from Switzerland made in the 1950's I think. It was given to me by my Dad when I was about 9 when I bought my first two piece rod. Caught my first fish on that rig, . It may be a wall hanger now but it means a bunch to me.

[crappiekilla]

I put rod floats on all the vintage gear I have,& do not want to lose any. I have had it happen a few times with modern combos.

[CrappiePappy]

Used to own a couple of Mitchell 300's (many decades ago) and sold them to a friend to use for distance casting tournaments at the local Sportsman's Club. The Mitchell's I own/use now are the 308x's.

I do have several "old" reels that date back a few decades (not currently being used):

Diawa Procaster SM-2A baitcast reel
Shimano Bantam Mag baitcast reel
Johnson Jerk spincast reel
(2) Zebco Omega 171 spincast reels
Johnson Country Mile 10 spinning reel

And a couple baitcast reels that do see some use on the occasion of my yearly Birthday Night Bass Fishing trip :

Shimano Calcutta 200 baitcast (on my crankbait rod)
Quantum Energy E760PT baitcast reel (on my worm rod)
ABU Ambassadeur 2500C (backup reel)

First reel I ever owned & bought with my own money was a ABU Ambassadeur 5500C baitcast reel ($50) which was top of the line back in those days (early 1970's). Last "new" reels I've bought was the two Mitchell 308x's.