Super User bilgerat Posted February 2, 2011 Super User Posted February 2, 2011 What's the oldest reel you fish with still ? Not one you keep for sentimental value, but one you still take out most every time ? I myself just put a 4 year old Pflueger Trion onto backup status. Not a thing wrong with it at all, I replaced it with a Supreme. I know 4 years isn't squat, I want to here about 10 + year old reels still going. Quote
Super User webertime Posted February 2, 2011 Super User Posted February 2, 2011 I gave my 1st year Shimano Sedona (94ish?) to my buddy 2 years ago and he fishes ~80 days a year with it after I used it for at least that many days a year since I got it. I use a Citica B (early-mid nineties?) as my crankbait reel. Still runs like a top. Quote
Super User skunked_again Posted February 3, 2011 Super User Posted February 3, 2011 Daiwa Magforce from 1988'ish. 3.8:1 im looking for an anti-reverse bearing for it though... Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted February 3, 2011 Super User Posted February 3, 2011 That would be these six Shakespeare Sigma 2200s from around 1985 - still in front-line service. I have two other Sigmas stored in the boxes - a 060 and a 080 from my saltwater days. Quote
CRANKSTER Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 Still use an old Zebco 33 to bream fish with that I got when I was around 8-9 which was in 92-93. Quote
trevor Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 That would be these six Shakespeare Sigma 2200s from around 1985 - still in front-line service. I have two other Sigmas stored in the boxes - a 060 and a 080 from my saltwater days. One of these I use for smallmouth and panfish Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted February 3, 2011 Global Moderator Posted February 3, 2011 Have a few of the old green Curado's that get regular use from different years in the 90's up to the end of them being made. Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted February 3, 2011 Super User Posted February 3, 2011 That would be these six Shakespeare Sigma 2200s from around 1985 - still in front-line service. I have two other Sigmas stored in the boxes - a 060 and a 080 from my saltwater days. One of these I use for smallmouth and panfish Yeah - they're not bad for their era...they still land fish for me. I've got one that I might finally retire and it will end up on eBay one of these days. There is actually collector interest iin these reels and they will sell if they're in reasonable cosmetic condition. Quote
Super User bilgerat Posted February 3, 2011 Author Super User Posted February 3, 2011 That would be these six Shakespeare Sigma 2200s from around 1985 - still in front-line service. I have two other Sigmas stored in the boxes - a 060 and a 080 from my saltwater days. One of these I use for smallmouth and panfish Yeah - they're not bad for their era...they still land fish for me. I've got one that I might finally retire and it will end up on eBay one of these days. There is actually collector interest iin these reels and they will sell if they're in reasonable cosmetic condition. Not me. My basement is the black hole of fishing gear. Stuff goes in and never leaves. Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted February 3, 2011 Super User Posted February 3, 2011 Calais, CTE200GT both around 1999-2000 8-) Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted February 3, 2011 Super User Posted February 3, 2011 Yeah - they're not bad for their era...they still land fish for me. I've got one that I might finally retire and it will end up on eBay one of these days. There is actually collector interest iin these reels and they will sell if they're in reasonable cosmetic condition. Not me. My basement is the black hole of fishing gear. Stuff goes in and never leaves. These Sigmas are my "modern" reels and I don't have a big emotional attachment to them - so a few might end up on eBay. I might keep a complete set (1 of each size made - 025, 030, 035, 040, 060, 080) for collecting and display purposes and just sell the duplicates. Now, if you were talking about my "old" reels - like the 1959 Ted Williams 400, the 1965 Mitchell 408, and the 1966 (?) Lido 400 ( ! ) - those aren't going anywhere... Quote
Super User bilgerat Posted February 3, 2011 Author Super User Posted February 3, 2011 As in "Ted Williams" the baseball player ? Was he a hardcore fisherman enough to have a reel named for him ? Quote
Sherlock 60 Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 As in "Ted Williams" the baseball player ? Was he a hardcore fisherman enough to have a reel named for him ? Sears carried a full line of Ted Williams branded sporting goods products for many years. And Ted Williams was a devoted fisherman. Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted February 3, 2011 Super User Posted February 3, 2011 As in "Ted Williams" the baseball player ? Was he a hardcore fisherman enough to have a reel named for him ? Sears carried a full line of Ted Williams branded sporting goods products for many years. And Ted Williams was a devoted fisherman. Yes indeed. In the case of my Ted Williams reel, it is a "branded" version of the well-known Italian Pescador 400... ;D This was back in the day when most of the finer reels were made in Europe...and things made in Japan were.....well, not fine... ;D ;D ;D Quote
RandySBreth Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 I have a couple of mid 90's Quantum spinning reels I still use for panfish or small creek Smallmouth - or lone out to people to do the same. Some Pro Qualifier spinning reals that are 8-10 years old, and an older Bantam Curado, too. I guess a couple of my cheaper Quantum casting reels are about 7-8 years old too. Now I do have a couple of fly rods and reels that are 20 years old or so that I still really use. Quote
Avalonjohn44 Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 I have a Daiwa BW2 labeled 'Hi Speed' 5.2:1 with 2 Graphite Bearings. I've put that reel through h3ll and it still performs. Only problem is it is a right handed reel... Another that I use for a salt water rig is Quantum Dynamag 1311. It has also taken quite a beating... The performance of these two reels is why I stick with those two companies now. Quote
bass or bass ? Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 A 1965 South Bend Spin Master Series II spinning reel that I bought new in 1965 when I was 14 years old. Still works like a champ! Quote
Stasher1 Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 I think my oldest reel might be about 3 years old...maybe. I don't keep fishing gear all that long. When I get bored with it, it's gone. ;D Quote
lynyrdsky1 Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 Not me but my dad, has a Calcutta that he got when it first came out. It's the only 1 of the 3 that still works. One got taken to the bottom of Sardis and the other I thought I had fixed but is messing up again. Quote
central.PA.bass Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 I have a Daiwa BW2 labeled 'Hi Speed' 5.2:1 with 2 Graphite Bearings. I've put that reel through h3ll and it still performs. Only problem is it is a right handed reel... Another that I use for a salt water rig is Quantum Dynamag 1311. It has also taken quite a beating... The performance of these two reels is why I stick with those two companies now. I have an old BW2 sitting on my dresser at home.. I tried to put some line on it but the thing will only cast a couple feet.. i'm sure it needs a good cleaning.. I don't know if the thing has ever even been used.. Quote
Flukeman Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 I still use my Dad's Abu 5000, the round red one. It is spooled with 14# Ironsilk and I usually throw lipless cranks with it. It casts a mile but as you can imagine the drag is a little hinky at times. I still have the leather case, instruction booklet, wrench, oil, and a spare parts tube with spare parts.I think I can remember him using it in the early 70's. So I am guessing it is a late 60's or early 70's model, but not sure. Anybody have any idea how far back these reels go? Quote
tholmes Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 I still use my Dad's Abu 5000, the round red one. It is spooled with 14# Ironsilk and I usually throw lipless cranks with it. It casts a mile but as you can imagine the drag is a little hinky at times. I still have the leather case, instruction booklet, wrench, oil, and a spare parts tube with spare parts.I think I can remember him using it in the early 70's. So I am guessing it is a late 60's or early 70's model, but not sure. Anybody have any idea how far back these reels go? The 5000 was introduced in 1954. A true classic, that reel revolutionized bass fishing. Tom Tom Quote
Super User grimlin Posted February 3, 2011 Super User Posted February 3, 2011 I have one reel from the late 80-early 90's. It was actually my first "good reel" when i was a kid.It's also the reel that got me hooked on spinning reels.It's the Daiwa UL7. Still works,but it's retired into my collection. I have extremely good memories with that little reel. Quote
Super User .RM. Posted February 3, 2011 Super User Posted February 3, 2011 When I intend on flipping heavy cover only say for bedding bass, I use my trusty early 1980's Bantam Brush Buster 10 Plus... Tight Lines! Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted February 3, 2011 Super User Posted February 3, 2011 Reel Mech mentioned his Bantam and that reminded me that I have another older reel still in front-line service. A 20 year-old Shimano B-Mag 1000 (and I also have a 1001- LH in storage). I don't cast with the B-Mag anymore and have it mounted on what I call my light-trolling rod - a 20 year-old Shakespeare 6' M graphite rod. Who says that the 'ole Goose doesn't fish Shimano... ;D Quote
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