Show and Go Surfmaster 150

[mo65]

  Who builds a reel around a spool?  A plastic spool at that?  Me, hee hee, that's who!  Sometimes a fellow just takes a likin' to something, especially when fleabay gives it up for 99 cent! So then I needed a reel...
  The Surfy 150 came with a nice aluminum spool and seemed a great platform for this project. Inside it looked fine, but being a newer model it had a brass main gear and knowing I wanted a little muscle under the hood I swapped it out for a steel gear. I also used a 2nd generation AT ss gear sleeve and pulled a few washers from one of Bryan's 5-stack kit to make an under gear set. This 4 stack setup works great for adding a few pounds of drag without being too much for a stock reel. The first photo shows the gearing setup. The second pic sports the two spools...speckled brown bakelite for show...black aluminum for go. The third and fourth shots try to convey the beauty of Lou's acrylic knob, a tough job, as it changes appearance with movement. This little Surfmaster performs as well as it looks...just like a hotrod should.

[mo65]

   Here's a few closer looks...note how Lou's knob changes with light angle.

[TongassFisher]

Mo that is a very nice looking 150, I'm liking the sleeperish builds you do. I'm thinking about a similar sleeper build off of a 500s, keep the stock look but pump up the guts!


Btw is that a moly steel gear😬



Trevor

[mo65]

Is that a moly steel gear?😬

   Yes Trevor, that's the moly gear. Thanks for taking a look and glad ya like the reel.

[STRIPER LOU]

Nicely done Mo! The whole combo looks excellent. I'm really starting to like those 2 tone spotted spools.

Top shelf work as usual and the knob looks great with the polished handle.

Have a good evening,  ..  Lou

[Swami805]

Very nice looking reel Mo,Be hard to take that one off the shelf. What pound line are you using? Looks pretty sweet for 20lb. Sheridan

[Alto Mare]

Beautiful reel Mo...good job!

[mo65]

Thank You much fellas. That was 30lb. I spooled on Sheridan, for catfishing, if I ever fish this reel it would be for cats.

[Dominick]

Nice job Mo.  Good catfishing.  Dominick

[Rancanfish]

That's a beaut, Mo.

I have a couple 150's that I built and added Tib frames.  Great size reel.

[Tightlines667]

I like it.

[Shark Hunter]

Cool Hot Rodding Mo.
Very Nice Piece.

[coastal_dan]

Kudos to you sir, you do nice work.  Nice attention to detail in your builds and your photographic skills help show it.

[broadway]

Mo, I don't like that combo... I LOVE IT! Great forward thinking on having the spool match the handle so perfectly.
Awesome job and Lou does amazing work.
Thanks for sharing,
Dom

[Bill B]

Too cool Mo.....great handle and spool combo....Bill