Selection of reels....

[The Sweetcorn Kid]

Well this weekend a kind gentleman gave me some old bits that were lying around and hoped I could put use to them. Included was a greenheart rod with a spliced in tip and a box of reels. Among the reels are a couple of closed face ones, one by Daiwa and many fixed spools. I'll get some pictures at the weekend and maybe some of you can help me identify them. I will use them, some of them look great. I think my favourite is the little green Penn one.....it looks very similar to the pic below, I think its a Spinfisher, as I said, I will get pictures of each of them over the weekend...

[Nobby]

Spinfisher was the name of a Woolworth's reel, I think there may have been a couple of versions. American in source, I suspect they were actually made in Japan, making them quite well travelled before they even got out of the box.

[The Sweetcorn Kid]

Right O....

The reel pictured above is lovely, has a bone handle and a surprisingly smooth clutch. Will certainly get a few outings this term. There is also an old looking cardnal in the box too.

[Davyr]

The reel pictured above is lovely, has a bone handle .

Are you sure, Stu? In a reel of that period, it's almost certainly going to be some kind of plastic, surely?

[Michael]

Its great to see that someone's fishing tackle continues to be used....

[J.T]

You lucky lucky boy SK, must feel a bit like Christmas!

[The Sweetcorn Kid]

Just like Christmas JT....

Davyr, it could be plastic....it's deffo white!!

[Nobby]

'They' came up with a plastic that immitated ivory so well the experts had to stick a red-hot pin in it to see if it melted its way in....if it did it was plastic.

I've just remembered there was also a Spinfisher II from Woolies.

[The Sweetcorn Kid]

As promised, the pictures of my new reels...

Zebco Quantum Micro


Daiwa Jupiter Z 2500T


Daiwa Silvercast 206rl


Daiwa D1300


Abu Cardinal Ultracast 62


Ryobi MD10


The delightful Daiwa 1000c


And my favourite, The Penn Ultralight Spinfisher 716




Well pleased with this little lot, can't wait to give some of them a try.....

[LuckyLuca]

Very nice SK, I bet your smile is ear to ear!