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cool older rods and reels #14316618 03/15/22 09:30 PM
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I used to love these reels. Unfortunately, this isn't one of my originals. Had a bunch of stuff stolen from a storage years ago and lost all my original Quantam reels. I found this one on eBay a few years ago and got it just to see how it held up to modern reels. I'll get around to putting some line on it one of these days. grin

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This is one of the original Joe Graves Texas Sidewinder Rods (spiral wrap). I still have 2 of them.

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I bet some of the guys on this forum have some really cool vintage equipment they've held on to.


The solution to any problem - work, love, money, whatever - is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be. --John Gierach

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Re: cool older rods and reels [Re: J.P. Greeson] #14316715 03/15/22 11:09 PM
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If this one could talk it could tell you about some mighty cool adventures. This is a Quantum Pro1C I bought brand new back in the mid 80's. I paid somewhere between $130 to $150 for this reel new and back in those days most premium reels were selling way south of $100. It spent most of its life clamped to an American made All Star WR1 and was my primary go to rig for Texas rig worms. There was 100's of fish boated with this rig. The WR1 eventually died in the lid of my rod box on one of my bass boats and I strapped it to an American made Falcon and kept right on rolling. The reel was regularly serviced but eventually I wore it out to the point it wouldn't even cast anymore. I boxed it up and shipped it back to Quantum and it came back looking better than new and no cost except for shipping. Quantum used to have a lifetime warranty on all their reels, and this isn't the only reel they rebuilt or replaced for me. [Linked Image]
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Re: cool older rods and reels [Re: J.P. Greeson] #14316724 03/15/22 11:30 PM
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I have a Lews BB1 brand new in a box that was made by Browning back in the day, never used. I have an old Shakespere rod and a Shimano pistol grip rod with a matching Shimano bantan 1000 reel. I also have a Lews pistol grip rod that was given to me by a friend of mine that got it from Lew Childer himself and it is very rare because it has a white reel seat.

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cardinal 3 and cardinal 4 spinning reels from late 70's early 80's...

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ambassador 5000 and 6000 from 80's

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ambassador 5500 from the 70's...rod on far right is a skyline graphite....first maker of graphite rods that I know of....

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Ambassador 5000 reel from mid to late 60's...reel on far right is a shimano flipping reel mid 80s on a fenwick flipping stick.....first flipping stick that I know of...

Re: cool older rods and reels [Re: J.P. Greeson] #14316762 03/16/22 12:13 AM
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Here's another oldie but goodie and it something I bought just because it existed at the time again probably in the 80's I don't think I've ever used it, but my daughter has. I believe this is a 40th Anniversary Edition of the Johnson Century. Looking at the construction and craftsmanship of this reel there's no telling what it would cost to build one of these now. Back before the days of the bait caster this was the reel everyone wanted. [Linked Image]
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Re: cool older rods and reels [Re: J.P. Greeson] #14316773 03/16/22 12:24 AM
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I have the complete set of the Cranking, Ripping, and Pitching reels that they made on this 1310 MG platform. I still use them till this day. I bought a left-handed 1310 MG and used it for a while but just couldn't get used to the left-handed version, I bought it thinking it would speed my fishing up as far as getting the lure back out in a more efficient manner, but it didn't work out that way, so I sold it.


2012 ZX200 Skeeter
2012 Yamaha 200 SHO

Isaiah 40:31 "but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Proud student of the Pro Staffer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzwF72B2F2w&t=14s
Re: cool older rods and reels [Re: J.P. Greeson] #14316779 03/16/22 12:28 AM
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Here's an old Shakespeare I found in a house my dad was remodeling when I was a kid. There was also one of the original green box Lowrance FISH-LO-K-TOR that I held on to for years, but it disappeared at some point. Never did fish with this reel. Just one of those things I've kept for some reason. It doesn't have a spool release for casting.

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Re: cool older rods and reels [Re: J.P. Greeson] #14316788 03/16/22 12:38 AM
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JP, I had an old reel that was all Stainless with no release and I believe it was a Pfluger and it had the old Dacron line on it when I got it. One of my uncles had it and he gave it to me, I eventually gave it to someone.


2012 ZX200 Skeeter
2012 Yamaha 200 SHO

Isaiah 40:31 "but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Proud student of the Pro Staffer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzwF72B2F2w&t=14s
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Originally Posted by J.P. Greeson
I used to love these reels. Unfortunately, this isn't one of my originals. Had a bunch of stuff stolen from a storage years ago and lost all my original Quantam reels. I found this one on eBay a few years ago and got it just to see how it held up to modern reels. I'll get around to putting some line on it one of these days. grin

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This is one of the original Joe Graves Texas Sidewinder Rods (spiral wrap). I still have 2 of them.

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I bet some of the guys on this forum have some really cool vintage equipment they've held on to.


Vintage! That's the stuff I still use. I get alot of funny look's on tournament day when there on the deck....Lol

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I still have my first bait cast reel purchased at Oshman's at Town East Mall. It is an original Ambassadeur 5000B.



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You guys got some very cool vintage stuff!


Closest I had to those were two combos as a kid.

I remember my dad giving me an Ambassador 5000 combo in the mid 70’s. Then he bought me my first Shimano setup around 1979 or so. It was from Kmart. It was a Shimano spinning setup. It was a Shimano FastCast 200 sized reel and a matching Shimano medium light rod. That reel was so cool. I could grab the line and the FastCast trigger to open the bail with one finger. Cast, the either wind the bail closed….or like a BOSS, I could flip the bail closed with the same trigger.

I remember him having a bait caster with a “President II” reel and one of the first graphite rods. He loved that thing. He would always tell me when we were looking at gear “count the guides, boy….the better rods are graphite and have more guides”. I don’t know if they were better back then, but I sure did get to counting them!

I love old vintage stuff.


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The 1310mg was a really good work horse.. really good bang for the buck

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