Antique Tackle Or Gear 2024
Squirmin Wormin reply :
we all own the newer tackle and gear, but how bout the older tackle and gear, and if so is it not that old yet to be considered antique tackle yet, or antique gear ? and do you own any? i'm sure there's some out there. just wondering.
aavery2 reply :
Please don't take this the wrong way but I am seriously interested in knowing if English is your first language? Your post read almost like someone typed something in their native language and let Google translate it.
No offense meant, just interested.
I do own a few antique/vintage reels, I will see if I can dig up some pictures.
Raul reply :
I don't own "antique" tackle, I own a lot of old tackle from the 70's and on, not old enough to be considered antique....... "Vintage" would be a nicer word for my old junk.
Catch and Grease reply :
I own three different bantams and a diawa from the 70s and a bunch of old pistol grip rods....
.ghoti. reply :
The only thing antique around my place is me.
Raul reply :
On 8/26/2014 at 8:25 PM, .ghoti. said:The only thing antique around my place is me.
Too young to be antique, old enough to be vintage.
tholmes reply :
I have my first baitcasting rig given to me by my grandpa in 1962. Shakespeare 1920 Wondereel and tubular steel rod from about 1951.
I also have this Mitchell 301 and Garcia rod that's just like my first spinning outfir. From about 1973.
I have several other semi-old baitcasting reels, an Abu Ambassadeur 5000, Shakespeare 1980 President II, Daiwa Millionaire 5H, Ryobi AD4000V, and several others.
Tom
edfitzvb reply :
I have a Garcia Mitchell 300 reel, Shakespeare 2052 and 2062 from the '60's, all on newer rods..... Can't make myself use nthose old fiberglass rods anymore. They are still used from time to time, along with some old DAM Quick reels. For looking at I have old Pflueger Supremes, Heddon Pal reels, numerous old vintage fly reels..... I regularly use an old Lew's BB-INGH from the 20th century. That stuff was made to last
bigbill reply :
I still have all my very first fishing equipment. I have also collected some older stuff too along the way. I have the D.A.M. QUICK Spinning reels and the Garcia UL five star spinning rods too. These were top of the line till you got into the Fenwick rods. I like taking one out on occasion. Memories.
roadwarrior reply :
Antique gear is best suited for display, decorating a Man Cave or cabin.
aavery2 reply :
Solid
*Hootie reply :
On 8/27/2014 at 10:59 PM, roadwarrior said:Antique gear is best suited for display, decorating a Man Cave or cabin.
That's all mine is used for, my man cave. Most of it has little to no monetary value.
Hootie
.ghoti. reply :
I need to get a pic of my brothers collection of antique tackle. It is impressive. Don't know how many old baitcasters he has, but th fill up a large glass door display case. Has to be at least 100 of them. And hundreds of ancient lures, dozens of cane fly rods, a bunch of nets and other accessories. I'll post pics next time I go see him.
*Hootie reply :
This is a topic that has come up several times before but never seems to go anywhere. I don't know why. I love discussing old fishing tackle as I have quite a collection myself. Just doesn't seem to generate any interest.
Hootie
Catch and Grease reply :
When my uncle gave me all his old rods and reels I didn't want to fish them, really I was worried I might end up breaking them.
The only the only reel I wanted to fish was the bantam 100, I wanted the experience of catching fish with that gem. It caught me a lot of fish and now it too is put away...
Josh Smith reply :
About all I use are old 5000 reels (three of them) converted to 23 IPT.
I do also own and use a 5600Mag, which I enjoy. Ditto my Plueger ultralight.
In the next week or so I will be grabbing a 5500c3 as it seems to be suited to me.
I guess I just never thought of any of my stuff as outdated. Old, yes, but very able to keep up with and often best the newer stuff.
Josh
aavery2 reply :
On 8/28/2014 at 3:35 AM, *Hootie said:This is a topic that has come up several times before but never seems to go anywhere. I don't know why. I love discussing old fishing tackle as I have quite a collection myself. Just doesn't seem to generate any interest.
Hootie
Let's see some pics, everyone seems to enjoy them.
*Hootie reply :
On 8/28/2014 at 5:47 AM, aavery2 said:Let's see some pics, everyone seems to enjoy them.
I will be sure to put some up tomorrow. I am tied up for the evening.
Hootie
*Hootie reply :
Here yar!
Meisselbach Takapart No. 480,....early 1900's
Ambassadeur 5000c.... 1970
2 Ambassadeur 5000's..1 5000c.... 1969 & 1970
Pflueger Summit 1993L
Josh Smith reply :
Well hey, if we're counting the Abu 5000 series, I'll throw in with the one rod and reel I grab when I want to catch fish:
Yup, that's a ball bearing!
Bearing locations
I have two more of these, one which was Dad's, and a 5000c I traded for from this board. This one I left with bronze bushings in place because I love how it rides the oil film when I cast, but I did do some experimenting, as you can see.
1. Started with a super tune.
2. Installed 4.7:1 gears. This made it a 23 IPT reel.
3. Installed carbon drags (smooooth!)
4. Extended the drag adjustment range.
5. Installed bearings at the locations shown in that last picture. I felt they were needed in the levelwind's worm gear because this levelwind runs during the cast.
This reel has gone from doing a max of 30 yards with 20 accurate yards to a 40 yard maximum distance (so far) caster with about 30 to 35 of those yards being very accurate.
The other two 5000 reels have ball bearings on the spool axles and the same 4.7:1 gears. I have more bearings for the levelwinds on the way, and now that I know I can replace the crank's plastic bushing with a ball bearing, I'll be doing that with the other two as well.
I'm going to end up with a couple 5 ball bearing '70s 5000 reels!
They fish with anything modern, and I'm still trying to figure out why folks have problems with the dog anti-reverse system. If you have trouble setting the hook, you're not doing something right. On the hook set, you need to reel forward as the rod comes back. it gives a little extra power when setting the hook. This should be done with modern reels with IAR bearings, too!
Regards,
Josh
*Hootie reply :
That reel (5000) was the choice of the pros back in the late sixties, and early seventies.
Hootie
aavery2 reply :
Hootie, that 1993L is great, I always liked how ornate they are. Going to have to add one to my collection.
*Hootie reply :
On 8/29/2014 at 3:03 AM, aavery2 said:Hootie, that 1993L is great, I always liked how ornate they are. Going to have to add one to my collection.
Yeah it's one of the few I have that are in excellent condition. I only wish I had the box.
Hootie
Jolly Green reply :
I bought the Oldcaster, as I affectionately call it, at an antique store, so I guess it's an antique, well worth the $7 I paid for it. The reel is a Bronson Mercury, don't recall what the rod is. I still fish it for fun every now and then, and it is a whole different kind of fight with even a 2 pound fish, but there's a reason nobody fishes with 4' steel rods and 12 IPT reels anymore. Old gear is neat, though, no question.
Unremarkable fish but I recall that it was a first cast win on the way to work.
3.5 lbs is my personal Oldcaster best. Believe that's a Buck-A-Roo sticking out of its mouth.
Josh Smith reply :
Grandpa had some steel line-through rods and they disappeared shortly before he died. I would have liked to have had one. I would have mounted my other Grandfather's Bronson on it.
Regards,
Josh
whitwolf reply :
These are not antiques but more sentimental:
The first baitcaster I bought back in '80.
http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr290/whitwolf/SANY0953_zps45cefbf6.jpg
Some old rattle trap baits with a plastic insert. Definitely not old and more of a gimmick but kind of cool nonetheless.
http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr290/whitwolf/SANY0557.jpg
These bring back great memories:
Top left Is the first balsa bait I ever bought. In was around '80. Top right Is a weighted crank that was given to me when I first started to bass fish by the two guys that took me.
Bottom left Is the same as above. I owe those guys a lot for introducing me to bass fishing and taking the time to teach me what they knew.
Bottom right Is the first crankbait (given to me by those same folks) I ever fished(second day out) and I caught 7 nice bass in the prespawn. It's called and "angel eye" and It's a square bill.
http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr290/whitwolf/SANY0763_zps052c713b.jpg
Josh Smith reply :
Here you go:
On 8/31/2014 at 11:33 PM, whitwolf said:These are not antiques but more sentimental:
The first baitcaster I bought back in '80.
Some old rattle trap baits with a plastic insert. Definitely not old and more of a gimmick but kind of cool nonetheless.
These bring back great memories:
Top left Is the first balsa bait I ever bought. In was around '80. Top right Is a weighted crank that was given to me when I first started to bass fish by the two guys that took me.
Bottom left Is the same as above. I owe those guys a lot for introducing me to bass fishing and taking the time to teach me what they knew.
Bottom right Is the first crankbait (given to me by those same folks) I ever fished(second day out) and I caught 7 nice bass in the prespawn. It's called and "angel eye" and It's a square bill.
Nice stuff!
Josh
Catch and Grease reply :
On 8/29/2014 at 12:28 PM, Jolly Green said:I bought the Oldcaster, as I affectionately call it, at an antique store, so I guess it's an antique, well worth the $7 I paid for it. The reel is a Bronson Mercury, don't recall what the rod is. I still fish it for fun every now and then, and it is a whole different kind of fight with even a 2 pound fish, but there's a reason nobody fishes with 4' steel rods and 12 IPT reels anymore. Old gear is neat, though, no question.
Unremarkable fish but I recall that it was a first cast win on the way to work.
3.5 lbs is my personal Oldcaster best. Believe that's a Buck-A-Roo sticking out of its mouth.
I'll take it off your hands for 8$... Haha kidding aside what reel is that? I'd have bought it for 7$ too...
Jolly Green reply :
That's a Bronson Mercury No. 2550. I'm not a tackle historian, so corrections are welcome, but I believe they were produced in pretty huge numbers in the mid-1950's. It was a complete piece of crap when I bought it, but the key word is "complete"; I see them all the time in flea markets and antique stores and they are either way over-priced or missing parts. It breaks down into all of maybe 15 parts, lol, so it was pretty easy to clean and lube, and some judicious polishing shined it right up. The engraving on some of those reels is pretty cool (see: Hootie's Summit) and like nothing we're ever likely to see on reels again.
I run 50 lb. braid on it because it just makes it so much easier when -- not if -- it blows up, and also because there's no drag of course. I've tossed 1/4 oz. swim jigs (with trailer) but it's really most cooperative at 3/8 oz. or higher. Other than the spool tension knob, it's all thumb, baby. When I was first learning to cast it I dialed in to where I could get 30 yards with a practice plug about every 20 casts, but in reality if you were to cast that far consistently you'd also be stuck reeling that far consistently, at 12" per turn, and your arm would basically fall off. Gives you renewed appreciation for modern gear.
It's funny, I've had plenty of random people tell me that it's probably worth $75 or more (it's not, not even like new), but none of them ever want to give me $75 for it! Someday...
Josh Smith reply :
Two of the three I'm working on:
And I just bought these:
... so I guess I get to learn to build rods.
Something did occur to me the other day: These new, fast reels have large cranks for the most part. Large crank = slower cranking.
In other words, you increase the gear ratio, and then decrease it again with the crank!
The red reel is intended to crank hard due to its role as a heavy spinnerbait, crankbait, and worm rod. The black reel I built to crank faster because it's on a medium rod and mostly sees topwater. (I have another red reel that's currently on a 7' MH rod, but I might just put it on the 5'6" MH Lew's fiberglass rod. That red one is pimped out with mother-of-pearl handle knobs.)
These two and the ultralight always go fishing with me. The red one gets used the most.
Josh
warpath58 reply :
I found this one at a yard sale last Saturday for $8. The best I can tell is that it is a J. F. B.F. Meeks #2 circa 1845 I can't read the name on the side plate and it doesn't have the #2 below the name and the screws aren't numbered. So I don't know for sure if its a earlier reel or a little later. If anyone has any info on it please let me know.
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