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Old Reels
Pictured here are three old Center pin? or Conventional ? reels I'd like to learn more about.Top: Shakespeare, 'Universal',1918 2) Pflueger 'Trump',1943? 3) A.F. Meisselbach & Bro. Newark N.J.,"TRI-PART", 1907 I am trying to find out now if they were designed for trolling or casting ,or both.
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Permalink Reply by David, aka, "McScruff" on
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I got into this for awhile collecting and learning about these old reels. I gave it up after awhilen as kinda pointless.
But to was fun - sounds like I was off a few years in my estimates. -
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Permalink Reply by Vic Tankersley on
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I too have several. In fact my first baitcaster was a Shakespeare President my cousin gave me with salt and pepper catgut line. Direct drive and a solid fiberglass rod. I had gone to the big boys club. Caught lots of river bass on that old reel using a creek chub broke back darter. Crud but effective.
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Permalink Reply by dick tabbert on
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Wow talking about vintage.
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