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Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on September 4, 2013 at 7:05pm

Classic stuff

Comment by John Sheehan on September 4, 2013 at 7:48am

Yes David, heavy is right .  The prototype of the Ugly Stick? Ha ha! Gotta get me one of these in honor of my deceased father who ran a sporting good store in the late 50's /early 60's.He taught me to cast with this model Johnson :

Comment by John Sheehan on September 4, 2013 at 7:44am

Ha ha Jim playing  music on Guitar  is the Fountain of Youth .Les Paul and Segovia knew that ! Thanks for your kind words regarding my guitar playing . My electric playing  ,(1966 Strat ) is relegated to overdubs for recording and has taken very much a back seat to my acoustic efforts these days.

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on September 4, 2013 at 7:05am

Yup this would be a heavy combo John , but a good one to teach the grandkids on ......... Leo needs some of these for his gang to use, he says they are hard on equipment !

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on September 4, 2013 at 7:00am

HEY JOHN , I think Jim is about right on the age of that 202 . YUP SIR JIM I remember the old Johnson reels well and had a little knob on the top for the drag I believe. The Ace Hardware store I hung out at as a kid had a big display of the Johnson's and they sold lots of em back then. They were just like the Zebco's almost indestructable and were a mainstay for years . I see lots of em for sale on Ebay and the old Zebco's too for that matter..........

Comment by Jim Gronaw on September 3, 2013 at 8:17pm

We might be old, John...but you rock! You are one of the best acoustic guitarist I have ever heard and I am at least 'highly average' with the electric axe in my church band.

The fact that we are old geezers who catch bluegills is just a bonus!

Comment by John Sheehan on September 3, 2013 at 8:07pm

The first reels I recall are a Johnson spin cast and a weird model Abu Garcia or Mitchell spinning reel .Those were my Fathers and brothers and I used them .

Comment by John Sheehan on September 3, 2013 at 8:05pm

Thanks Jim, and oh that makes you one year older than me .

Comment by Jim Gronaw on September 3, 2013 at 8:04pm

I think the other 'classic' push-button reel of the day was the Johnson Century. Any body 'member that one?

Comment by Jim Gronaw on September 3, 2013 at 8:01pm

John...he is about right. I can 'member them when I was 10, which would have been 1962. But I think they were out even a few years before that.

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