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 Old Reel...Pretty cool!
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06/21/19 12:59 PM
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Saw this Old reel the other day...Anyone know the Model/Year and the History behind it??? Think it's it pretty Sweet! ![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2019/06/full-51573-15877-img_0504.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2019/06/full-51573-15879-79c204f4_604a_458c_9e28_2eee76f8bd5f.jpg)
Simon Peter said to them "I am going fishing" They said "We are going fishing also."
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Re: Old Reel...Pretty cool!
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06/21/19 01:00 PM
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Kisndismis
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Looks like some I saw back in the late 80's and early 90's
Watch it happen, make it happen, or say what the hell happened. Capt. Phil Harris F/V Cornelia Marie RIP
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Re: Old Reel...Pretty cool!
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06/21/19 01:55 PM
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I had a bunch of those reels back in the early 90's, and I sold them around 2000, as I recall. They were 5.1:1, good crankbait reels.
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Re: Old Reel...Pretty cool!
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06/21/19 01:59 PM
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furim2
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Not that old. The old ones have Shimano stamped on the sides. They were then made by Ryobi before Browning acquired them.
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Re: Old Reel...Pretty cool!
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06/21/19 02:12 PM
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reeltexan
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It's from the late 80s.
Browning had the contract with Lew's back then but I believe Ryobi made them.
It's a smaller reel than the standard BB1s were, probably a little better for light line and lures.
To me, the BB1NH was the best reel they ever produced.
Lew's reels today are outstanding but I don't think they will hold up like the old ones did.
"..The pleasantist angling is to see the fish
Cut with her golden oars the silver stream,
And greedily devour the treacherous bait.
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Re: Old Reel...Pretty cool!
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06/21/19 03:07 PM
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furim2
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I don't think Browning ever had exclusive rights to the Lew's Speed Spool. Ryobi manufactured them till Zebco bought the rights in 1989. Zebco finally got rid of it's ownership and it was sold to its current owner in the last ten years.
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Re: Old Reel...Pretty cool!
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06/21/19 03:45 PM
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I don't think Browning ever had exclusive rights to the Lew's Speed Spool. Ryobi manufactured them till Zebco bought the rights in 1989. Zebco finally got rid of it's ownership and it was sold to its current owner in the last ten years. Then why is Browning stamped on the side of it? I had a bunch of those in the late 80's, early 90's.
"Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out" - Zachary Troy Schrah - a young man with vision far beyond his years.
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Re: Old Reel...Pretty cool!
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06/21/19 04:15 PM
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I have one of those hidden away at my grandpa's house along with several early run Abu round Ambassadors.
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Re: Old Reel...Pretty cool!
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06/21/19 04:22 PM
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My pops won one in a Flounder tournament back in the 80s-On a LCI? Kelly Wiggler special rod. Back when you guys were still using pistol grip rods.
I gotta whupping for using it once without his permission, lol.
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Re: Old Reel...Pretty cool!
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06/21/19 08:05 PM
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reeltexan
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My pops won one in a Flounder tournament back in the 80s-On a LCI? Kelly Wiggler special rod. Back when you guys were still using pistol grip rods.
I gotta whupping for using it once without his permission, lol. You don't mess with a man's pistol grip fishing rod.
"..The pleasantist angling is to see the fish
Cut with her golden oars the silver stream,
And greedily devour the treacherous bait.
Bill Shakespeare
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Re: Old Reel...Pretty cool!
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06/22/19 12:17 AM
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M. Alexander
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Dad had a few of those...
Mark
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Re: Old Reel...Pretty cool!
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06/22/19 04:39 AM
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I have a bbng somewhere, had several of them but not sure what happened to them. Used a lot of Lewis in the 80s
I still do, just not the old ones
Thanks, Billy
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Re: Old Reel...Pretty cool!
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06/22/19 04:08 PM
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furim2
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I don't think Browning ever had exclusive rights to the Lew's Speed Spool. Ryobi manufactured them till Zebco bought the rights in 1989. Zebco finally got rid of it's ownership and it was sold to its current owner in the last ten years. Then why is Browning stamped on the side of it? I had a bunch of those in the late 80's, early 90's. I said exclusive. Zebco had the rights. Unless is was the late eighties, they did not say Browning. Zebco really didn't care for the Lew's as it was pushing Quantum. They pretty much let Lew's die until this last group bought them.
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Re: Old Reel...Pretty cool!
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06/23/19 12:18 AM
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I've got one from back in late 80's or early 90's....David Fritts popularized these with a 4.3 retrieve ratio as being perfect for deep cranking...
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