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Bought these today, along with some old lures. Quarter in the pic so you can see the size of them. 1920's and 1940's level winds that I think will be great for ice fishing reels. Pflueger, shakespeare, J.C. Higgens, and Southbend. Any of you guys using old reels like this for ice fishing and to keep an old antique still catching fish? Any down sides to using these for ice fishing? Thanks ![[Linked Image]](http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg113/HCHHARDCOREHUNTER/2011-03-24_18-25-40_812.jpg)
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The other stuff ![[Linked Image]](http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg113/HCHHARDCOREHUNTER/2011-03-24_21-28-14_771.jpg)
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Back in the 60's, I used to fish Tablerock Lake in Mo. That was when Bass Pro was in the back room of a Brown Derby Liquor Store. Because of that, there were a lot of lure making craftsmen in that area.
When the lake was low, folks picked the old lures from the exposed brush. They would sell/trade them at the marina's. All of the marina's had a $.25/.50 board of used lures. I get sick thinking about what a $20 investment in one of those boards would be worth now.
Those are some cool old lures and reels. Good idea to get the old reels back in service. Life is good.
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Those old reels are fun to own but like vintage autos hard to use. I have my grandmother's old Bronson. Grandpa bought it for her and she only used it once. Still in box made in the 50s. Have several shakespeares and some really really old reels that didn't even have levelwind! Every once and a while I get them out and look at them. They bring back fond memories of my youth.
Does anyone remember using that black line that you had to dry after a day's fishing or it would rot? How about trying to thumb them for a long cast with the handles moving backwards as it spooled out line?
Unfortunately many of those old level wind reels cannot handle mono which can crush the spools.
Thanks for sharing the pics.
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Those old reels are fun to own but like vintage autos hard to use. I have my grandmother's old Bronson. Grandpa bought it for her and she only used it once. Still in box made in the 50s. Have several shakespeares and some really really old reels that didn't even have levelwind! Every once and a while I get them out and look at them. They bring back fond memories of my youth.
Does anyone remember using that black line that you had to dry after a day's fishing or it would rot? How about trying to thumb them for a long cast with the handles moving backwards as it spooled out line?
Unfortunately many of those old level wind reels cannot handle mono which can crush the spools.
Thanks for sharing the pics. Crush the spools?? Most of the spools were a steel shaft. Even the Bronson which did have a plastic spool is not going to be crushed with line. I use mono on them all the time. They are not at all hard to use. No body wants to take the time to learn how. They just go in and buy the line twister girly reels. Kenny
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I don't thinks he meant crush as much as pop the spool. The problem was that the mono line would be put on the spool tight that it actually stretched a little bit as it was put on, then it would shrink back and while it shrinked it would gain diameter. Add to this it absorbing water and the next thing you know POP! One side of the spool will break away from the rest of the spool.
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Many of the cheaper reels had a pressed together spool....I haven't seen casting reels split the spool but saw a fantastic occurance on a Penn Senator with 50 pound mono and a 100 pound tuna on the other end......
The fisherman was nearly spooled a couple times but continued to gain line very slowly and with lots of tension.....as the spool was near full and the tuna getting close, the memory in the line cause it to contract and split the spool.....the pillars let go and end plates went laterally several feet.....the angler had a large ball of line and a few reel guts on his rod.....two of us already had gaffs ready and we got the tuna.
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