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Anyone ever heard of still reels of Toledo Ohio?I was at my brother in laws today and we were in his garage. His father in law had given him a bunch of old rod and reels. There were a couple of those. They were on telescopic hollow rods. They don’t have eyelets,the line goes through the hollow rod. He gave me one on a 10 ft pole. Just wondered if they are any good and worth cleaning up and trying.
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I remember seeing them in catalogs from the 70s and 80s but never handled one.
Go to B&M website and look up the Cadillac combo and see if its not the same rod or close to it
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Best I can tell it’s at least very similar.
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I hadn't seen that exact one, but I have seen them the the line going thru the rod. I hadn't fished with one, but my first thought was I bet its a little aggravating to get the line back thru if it was to break off up inside the rod..... Maybe its not though. I would definitely give it try for jigging anyways, especially if its free. You might find a new favorite rod.
Yeah I’m still gonna get me a jigging rod but I’m just gonna piddle with this is see how it turns out. Like you said it’s free. LolQuote:
Originally Posted by Prater4586
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I’ve seen those before and IIRC the reel isn’t for reeling in fish, it’s just for letting more line out. They’re like a cane pole, or bream buster with a reserve of line on them.
With a b&m Cadillac combo whey come with a wire with a white button on the end for threading the line through the hollow tube
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Yeah I’m gonna try and rig me up something at work tomorrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pithon
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Those are big in Texas. Look up SK he uses them
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My uncle uses these exclusively for vertical jigging in treetops. He can reel the jig to the end of pole the. Extend the rod threw branches and whatnot and drop the jig down. He’s been doing this for decades
I Plan on trying some of that tomorrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Treeshaka
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Finally got some line through it and the reel working smooth. Gonna give it a try in the morning since I just found out NO WORK$!!
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Funny how that works sometimes. Never seems to fail i get something new in and get it rigged up, it always seems to be no work the next day. Don't worry your secrets safe with me as long as you don't go telling my wife the secret. LolSent from my SM-G960U using Crappie.com Fishing mobile appQuote:
Originally Posted by Damion Kidd
Damion Kidd, sorry for late reply. I have one of these as my wife’s Dad fished with these and he bought me one for Christmas shortly after we got married. I continue to fish with it. However the pole mine is attached to is heavy compared to the poles of today. It’s a 12 footer.
I continue to use mine for spider rigs so I don’t have to hold it all day. It was keen back in the day. I also use it for jigging for large bass on creeks in log jams as the pole it’s on is very stiff for the most part. And I use it for cat fishing as it has enough backbone to handle 2 to 10 pounders. He taught me years ago a trick for lining the rod. They are a few tricks to lining it with and without the small metal wire that comes with it, in which I still own. Good luck and as with all older things they continue to have good uses. Attachment 391222
My pole is a little lighter than that. I finally got the line through. But I can’t keep the line from like back lashing. I mean just trying to let it out. After I got the line through I put the jig head on and went to let the line out and it knotted all up. I broke the line trying to get it out and haven’t fooled with it sense. Lol. But I’m gonna try it again.Quote:
Originally Posted by silverroach
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No issues with back lashing. However on that rod I never use less than 12lb. test. Believe it or not it seems the crappie don’t mind it either. Can’t say that makes a big difference especially fishing in mud stained river water.
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Hmmm. I put 6 on it. May try 12. Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by silverroach
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I fished these poles for years! They are a hassle to reline if you break the line inside the pole. I will say most of the time the line breaks near your jig. The ones I used were blue in color with a cork handle above the reel. They are made of fiberglass and very sensitive. I have caught thousands of crappie with them.
This pole is brown. It’s 10 ft. Seems like it would be pretty sensitive. I’m still gonna try to get it where I can use it some.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigyeti
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They are good durable poles. I have had and been using mine some 40 plus years. I had two & give one to my son. He loves catching grinnel with his or red fish which is a hoot on a pole like that. The objective catching bigger fish with them is don’t let them get the line straight out the end of pole or game over. Like I stated in early post there just heavy. I have caught a truck load of bull bream and crappie on mine.
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Explain to me how the reel works??Do you have to reverse reel it to let line off??Then put the handle in that spot on the end of the reel to lock it?Quote:
Originally Posted by silverroach
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The idea was when they first came out , if your line broke then it wasn’t that you had to totally line your pole again. Of course like someone stated if it breaks down inside the rod it’s quite an ordeal.
So knowing that you simply fill the reel with line. On the one I continue to use I only put 24 to 36 feet of line on the reel. So once the reel is loaded you simply pull out the amount of line you want and lock the reel handle back in. Just FYI I always fish with 12 feet of line out or less. I have tried using it deeper but the reel just isn’t smooth enough to reel a 2+ pound fish up. The reel wasn’t designed to operate like a reel you would cast with. It’s all plastic.
I hope this answers your question. If needed I can video the operation and upload or if you send number I can texted video to you.
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Well fellow made you a couple of videos sent to number but I think it kicked it back for some reason. But if you get it let me know.
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No sir I didn’t get it. I really do appreciate it though.
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