What is the oldest reel you Use?

[largemouth01]

Just looking through my reels and began thinking of the two lews reels i just purchased for the holidays, Just curious what is the oldest reel you use day in and day out?

my oldest are a few Round Garcias from my dad but the oldest i use every weekend is the previous generation tournament pro. Merry Christmas!

[gulfcaptain]

I still use my Newell 200's, 300's, and 400's (saltwater)I bought in 1994-1997 and have a few that are older then those that had the aluminum frames and spools before going to all graphite.  Newere wasn't always better in those reels.  As far as freshwater stuff.....oldest reel I still use is probably less then 4 years old.  Have 2 of the older silver Quantum Accurists I still use on occasion and 4 of the older Carbonlites from a few years ago.  

[FloridaFishinFool]

Shimano Bantam Black Magnum BKM-201FS from 1987 that I use on a 7'6" flippin' stick.

These old reels are built like a tank! Can't break them- unlike a lot of reels made today- even some of the more expensive reels.

And I still use a Shimano Bantam Curado CU-201B38, an early 1990's model with a 3.8:1 retrieve.

I use these side by side with brand 2015 models... if it works, why change it?

[Big C]

I learned how to use a bait caster with an ancient Abu Garcia, it was a black low-profile reel so it was probably 80's or 90's.  I actually put it on a spinning rod my brother snagged out of the Apalachicola Bay.  But, the salt water locked it up.  I wish I still had it, if I did I would use it...on a proper rod though.

[stkbassn]

Scorpion 1000 4x4...awesome reel.

[badhatharry]

I have a couple of Zebco Cardinal 4's from late 70's I use every time I'm out.

[new2BC4bass]

I don't use any reel day in and day out.  Don't get out that often.  I try to switch gear so that all see some use although I do have a few favorites that see more use than others.  Many of my reels were purchased used so the only way I'd know their possible age would be to research the years they were made.  My oldest reels that I purchased new, and still use on occasion, are a 40-45 year old 5001C Ambassadeur and a Penn 430SS spinning reel from approximately the same era.

[WRB]

On a regular basis...early 90's vintage bait casting reels; Calcutta 200, Lews RB3, Daiwa HTSA103 and Shimano Stratic spinning reels. On occasion, about 1 time a year, a friend and I get together and fish with our 50 vintage Langley lure cast bait casting reels, use vintage rods and wooden plugs.

Tom

[Jrob78]

I have a couple of Curado 100 B's that I still use on occasion.  

[OroBass]

I have a 1972 abu 4600c that has been heavily upgraded with 8 bearings, carbontex drag and supertuning. I use it every once in a while.

[k3bass]

I have quite a few daiwa tournament ss 1300s ranging in age. But one of them I bought in the late 80's and have beat the crap out of it ever since and it's still going strong. All I've ever had to replace were a few bail springs. It's been mounted  on a 7' m avid for years and I use it for wading a river close to home for smallmouth. It gets used at least 100 days a year. 

[Maxximus Redneckus]

Not latetly. But i have quite a few abus over 60 yrs old .all work perfect i think i have more from the 60s then anything all work perfect .they look like they made it through the civil war .lol

[iabass8]

Daiwa TDZ Type R+. Discontinued 2005. I look for those before anything new that's out there now. 

[tander]

Don't know how old it they are but I got two older Lew's BB1's. Still use them for crankbaits Think I bought them in the 80's.

[fisherrw]

Shimano citica 201 bantum

[Catt]

Reels I use day in & day out?

Calcutta CT100A 30 plus yrs

Calcutta CT100A 25-30 yrs

Calcutta CT50A 20-25 yrs

Cardiff CDF100D 20 yrs

Cardiff CDF100D 15 yrs

All have original parts except the 50 it has a new paw!

[fishballer06]

I have a few bantam Curado's that still get use. I've also got one of the early Sahara's too that gets used in the spring for crappie and perch. 

[Mike L]

My oldest is a gold Chronarch 100 SF (Love this thing, it may be a little bulkier than anything I have but with 20ld braid and paired with a Loomis MBR 843C GLX, it will cast a mile and won't backlash unless I really mess it up)

 

Mike 

[Bankbeater]

I have an Abu Garcia 5500 that is probably 20 years old.  I have it on a H 6'6" rod, and I use it for fishing t-rigs in heavy cover.

[Ohio Archer]

Multiple Shimano Bantams from the early-mid '80s.  All LH retrieve.  21's, 101's and 251's.  Ran them hard in LA and south FL (until Andrew came thru).  Got them back out in 2007 for a couple of years and I'm using them again today.  Some are over 30 years old.  The two newest I purchased off of Ebay...a 101 and a 251.  Also have a couple of Diawas from the same time period.  They still work as well as they did when I bought them so why pay the money they are asking for reels today?

 

[Bluebasser86]

I have a few 200B and a 200BSF that are in my regular rotation. 

[tholmes]

I have a 1972 Abu 5000C that still sees regular use. It's had the left sideplate replaced with one from a 6000C so it has a bait clicker. It's on an old Berkeley Roughneck rod and gets used mostly for flathead fishing.

 

Tom

[greywalls]

I grew up on Daiwa SP1000 baitcasters (circa 80s), and I still exclusively use the same two baitcasters now as I did as a teen, believe it or not -- they're not at all sexy, but they flat out work and have never required even an ounce of maintenance other than seasonal oiling. 

[BaitMonkey1984]

The oldest reel I use is next years model. That is the curse of being the bait money. 

 

Great avatar- just watched The Outlaw Josey Wales last night. 

 

 

[shaggydog]

abu garcia eon.  love that reel.