A few of my reels

[wailua boy]

Heys guys. I'm new to site and somewhat new to reel collecting but have been fishing for a long time. Its been raining for 2 days and I decided to service a few of my reels, some will just get fresh mono. These are all actively fished at least once in  a while, I do have a few shelfies Ill post later. I've bought everything locally so far and  its taken a while to get started.

[Reel 224]

That's quite a collection

Joe

[wailua boy]

Thank you sir. I feel like Im just getting started. To see some of the knowledge on this site, I'm humbled to say the least.

[wailua boy]

This is one of the few I've been able to find in a box and possibly unused, not real old but...

[wailua boy]

Anyone heard of Jayhawks, the retail store that last reel came from. Just curious what region it originated from

[STRIPER LOU]

Well, that's a pretty good start. Ya know its pretty easy to get carried away. My thoughts are, if you know you have a problem, your aware of it, then its actually is no problem at all.

That's my justification when I purchase more reels!

Nice collection. Keep at it and its really a lot of fun.

Regards,  ..  Lou

[wailua boy]

I started to get questions from people, like "What do you do with them all?" and "You like the old ones?" I had to admit I'm a collector.

[wailua boy]

Can anyone give me an approx date of this 12/0 with a black plain sideplate and white handle.

[Bill B]

Great collection brother....about the only date I can give on the 12/0 is newer than 1950 based on the presence of part numbers and being a second generation Senator.....other than that I cannot give a better date ....if you had the original box or catalogue we could get pretty close....Bill from the Sacramento Delta.....ohhh and welcome to the Darkside, no turning back now 

[MarkT]

Hi, my name is Mark and I'm a reelaholic except that that sounds like a problem and it isn't.

[Bruce]

Hello and welcome , some collection !
As I recall a Jayhawker was/is someone from Kansas , maybe the store is there

    Buzz

[wailua boy]

thanks for the comments guys.

I'm starting to think the 12/0 is a 70's era reel. Can anyone confirm or deny?

[Bill B]

It could be, but without paper documents or box no really way to pin it down.....Bill

[wailua boy]

Thanks Bill. I was just basing that off another reel someone was selling as 70's era but you're right, too many variables to 100% ID. For some reason, I'm starting to obsess about the dates of some of these reels. Haha

[PE Pete]

Haha "somewhat new to reel collecting" not too shabby for a newbie can't wait to see ya collection when you get serious about it😹