Do you collect old rods and reels

[WPCfishing]

I have a golden oldie, the casting reel is built into the rod. Slick little design. I'm not sure of the brand. Maybe someone on here can tell me.

I'll post a pic soon. 

What do you have?

[Raul]

I do not collect old rods and reels, I just keep my stuff.

[Crestliner2008]

Unfortunately, I too, rarely "get rid" of anything! Attesting to that fact is an attic and "spare" room with many, many tackle boxes and storage boxes. I actually have a tubular steel Heddon Pal baitcasting rod, with a real old "knucklebuster" Pflueger "Silk Cast" reel.

 

I also have an old Ambassadeur 5500C circa 1970, which I bought when I got out of the service. Most of my older spinning reels are relegated to the "parts box" once I can no longer get bail springs.

[DaveT63]

I don't really "collect".  Its more like "accumulate".  There is no real rhyme or reason to it.  If it's old and looks cool, or brings back memories, and it's priced right, I grab it.  I will eventually put up some sort of display in my man cave, but right now it's either all in bins or standing in a corner.

[Catt]

Nah! They just kinda don't go away!

 

Abu Garcia Ambassadeur 5000 (red)

Heddon Mark Special Purpose #6271 5 1/2' MH Fiberglass with a cast aluminum reel seat & handle.

Total weight about 2# plus!

 

This what I started tournament fishing with, the next year I added another one.

[CTBassin860]

21 minutes ago, Catt said:

Nah! They just kinda don't go away!

 

Abu Garcia Ambassadeur 5000 (red)

Heddon Mark Special Purpose #6271 5 1/2' MH Fiberglass with a cast aluminum reel seat & handle.

Total weight about 2# plus!

 

This what I started tournament fishing with, the next year I added another one.

Id be wiped out in an hour lol

[Team9nine]

I have a lot of older rods/reels, but not too much I'd consider collectible. I do have a couple though that are near and dear to me. Here's one. I'm guessing the only one who might easily identify this rod is Tom @WRB 

 

 

[Team9nine]

This "ugly" rod is an original Stitchin' rod built and used by Bill Murphy himself. If you compare these pics to any of those in his book, In Pursuit of Giant Bass, it'll become apparent pretty quick. He even has a few pages on specifics relative to how he built these rods. This rod is not light weight, weighing in at 12.4 ounces. I haven't fished it yet - not certain whether I should or not  On the one hand, it would be cool as hell to catch a bass stitchin' using a rod Bill himself built and used, maybe even caught DD bass with. On the other hand, the risk of anything happening to the rod out on the water scares me. I acquired the rod from Bill's family shortly after he passed away. Ultimately, I'm planning on placing it on the office wall along with one of his books (framed).

 

-T9

[RoLo]

 

I'm really not a collector, but do have a lot of vintage tackle in my den.

The rod below is a "Stroker Rod"; a short powerful rod I purchased around '1970' (late 60s/early 70s)

The Kunnan blank was my favorite rod for standup fishing with a rod-belt, mostly for sharks & football tuna

http://rolo-1.com/Stroker-2.jpg

http://rolo-1.com/Stroker.jpg

 

ROD

Kunnan Hot Rail  

  > Graphite – 5’6” - Med Hvy – 20-50lb Line – Roller stripper guide

 

REEL

Penn 321 GTi 

 

  > High-speed 4.5:1 Ratio – Left-hand – Graphite body /Aluminum spool – 19.5oz

 

LINE

25-lb Trilene Big Game – clear

  > Long before the advent of polyethylene braid, the only braided lines were nylon braid & Dacron braid

 

Roger

[Dkarth]

23 hours ago, WPCfishing said:

I have a golden oldie, the casting reel is built into the rod. Slick little design. I'm not sure of the brand. Maybe someone on here can tell me.

I'll post a pic soon. 

What do you have?

I bet that is a Hurd SuperCaster. Built around WWII in Detroit I believe. Cool thing is that the rod is made from surplus tank antennas.

 

i just bought one to display at our lake house. They are very cool!

[soflabasser]

I have several rods that are +20 years old and still use many of them often.

[Raul]

15 hours ago, Catt said:

Nah! They just kinda don't go away!

 

Abu Garcia Ambassadeur 5000 (red)

Heddon Mark Special Purpose #6271 5 1/2' MH Fiberglass with a cast aluminum reel seat & handle.

Total weight about 2# plus!

 

This what I started tournament fishing with, the next year I added another one.

 

Glad to see I'm not the only one that keeps his old junk forever and ever.

[Davidhorowitzski]

I not only can't toss anything, but I can't stop buying rods and reels from when I was young. This weekend Iv'e already bought two Daiwa baitcasters from the late 80's early 90's and it's only saturday  Nice magforce ones with "gasp" 2 bearings! 

[Raul]

9 hours ago, RoLo said:

 

I'm really not a collector, but do have a lot of vintage tackle in my den.

The rod below is a "Stroker Rod"; a short powerful rod I purchased around '1970' (late 60s/early 70s)

The Kunnan blank was my favorite rod for standup fishing with a rod-belt, mostly for sharks & football tuna

http://rolo-1.com/Stroker-2.jpg

http://rolo-1.com/Stroker.jpg

 

ROD

Kunnan Hot Rail  

  > Graphite – 5’6” - Med Hvy – 20-50lb Line – Roller stripper guide

 

REEL

Penn 321 GTi 

 

  > High-speed 4.5:1 Ratio – Left-hand – Graphite body /Aluminum spool – 19.5oz

 

LINE

25-lb Trilene Big Game – clear

  > Long before the advent of polyethylene braid, the only braided lines were nylon braid & Dacron braid

 

Roger

 

I had a Kunnan rod, 5'6" MH with Fuji reel seat which I purchased after I broke my Silstar rod. It's the only rod I ever sold, a friend of mine liked it very much and repeteadly asked me to sell him the rod.

[Catt]

@RoLo & @Raul

 

I had a Kunnan graphite bass rod back in the 70s along with a Boron rod!

[Crestliner2008]

14 hours ago, Team9nine said:

This "ugly" rod is an original Stitchin' rod built and used by Bill Murphy himself. If you compare these pics to any of those in his book, In Pursuit of Giant Bass, it'll become apparent pretty quick. He even has a few pages on specifics relative to how he built these rods. This rod is not light weight, weighing in at 12.4 ounces. I haven't fished it yet - not certain whether I should or not  On the one hand, it would be cool as hell to catch a bass stitchin' using a rod Bill himself built and used, maybe even caught DD bass with. On the other hand, the risk of anything happening to the rod out on the water scares me. I acquired the rod from Bill's family shortly after he passed away. Ultimately, I'm planning on placing it on the office wall along with one of his books (framed).

 

-T9

 

Wow! I haven't heard about the "Stitching" technique in gosh knows how many years! Use to be one of my go-to's. But being younger and less patient than most, I gave it up for more aggressive approaches.

14 hours ago, Team9nine said:

This "ugly" rod is an original Stitchin' rod built and used by Bill Murphy himself. If you compare these pics to any of those in his book, In Pursuit of Giant Bass, it'll become apparent pretty quick. He even has a few pages on specifics relative to how he built these rods. This rod is not light weight, weighing in at 12.4 ounces. I haven't fished it yet - not certain whether I should or not  On the one hand, it would be cool as hell to catch a bass stitchin' using a rod Bill himself built and used, maybe even caught DD bass with. On the other hand, the risk of anything happening to the rod out on the water scares me. I acquired the rod from Bill's family shortly after he passed away. Ultimately, I'm planning on placing it on the office wall along with one of his books (framed).

 

-T9

 

Wow! I haven't heard about the "Stitching" technique in gosh knows how many years! Use to be one of my go-to's. But being younger and less patient than most, I gave it up for more aggressive approaches.

[RoLo]

 

@catt & @raul

 

Yeah, the graphite blanks today have much higher modulus, but the Kunnan Hot Rail

was all about power & horsing.  In fact, most of the bluewater rods during that era

were E-glass blanks, because graphite was a tad too brittle for sharks & tuna.

 

Gosh, I forgot about 'boron'

I had a 'new' Browning boron rod that was snapped by a summer flounder (aka "fluke")

while drifting with the rod in a rod-holder.

Needless to say, that was my first and last Browning rod 

 

Roger

[crypt]

I have some older Ambassadors---1500c,4500 Royale,4500 red.also have 2 original Ugly Stiks. the ones with the mag handles.but I don't collect I use.

[RoLo]

Hmph, I guess I am a collector....I found a few unmarried Shimanos and rejected Diawas  

http://rolo-1.com/Reels.jpg

 

Roger

 

[Spider]

I have an old Fenwick HMG rod, a GTC 845. I fished this rod up to a couple of weeks ago. Still fishes like new, and is still in great shape. 

 

Just decided to retire it, because I don't want to damage it.

[Nscheele]

Just re-spooled one of my grandfather's old setups, gonna try it out soon. Shimano bantam 100 and a 5'6" bps tourney special. I'm excited to try it out. 

[Big-Bass]

I started collecting reels and off the top of my head here are some of the NIB or close to reels I can think of that I have:

 

Abu Revo SC - Excellent w/box

Abu Revo MGX - NIB

Abu Morrum ZX NIB

Abu Ambassadeur 6500 (1959-1961 model) - like NIB with aged leather case, etc.

Abu Ambassadeur 4600C Don Iovino Custom - BRAND NEW - custom reel

Abu Ambassadeur 2500C Don Iovino Custom - BRAND NEW - custom reel

Lew's - Shimano - BB1 (Original model) - Excellent condition

Daiwa TD-Z 103H Type R NIB

Daiwa/Megabass TD-Z 103 Ito NIB 

Daiwa Air Metal JDM TD-X 105H - Excellent w/box

Daiwa Air Metal JDM TD-Z 103H - Excellent

Shimano Chronarch 100SF - Like NIB 

Shimano Metanium XT (JDM 100SF) - Like NIB w/ updated bearings and Chronarch B handle

Shimano Calais 100A - Like NIB

Shimano Calcutta TE 100GT - Like NIB

Shimano Citica 200E - NIB

 

These are not my fishing reels...these are the reels I have to collect.  My reels that I fish are not included.  Good luck with your collecting!