Newell Jigmaster build

[MarkT]

Nice! An 80's throwback.

[Bryan Young]

That looks so classy Kyle.

Great job.

[Yogi_fish808]

Super nice clean, slick, looking reel.

The only problem I see is you forgot to polish the brass on the back of the handle

Keith

Great...I'm on a trip thousands of miles away from my reels and can't polish that damn brass rivet.

[Donnyboat]

Kyle did you use the micro fibre cloth & burnishing cream to polish the chrome as well, thanks for your replies, good stuff brother, cheers Don.

[Ron Jones]

I get better results with Newell bushings over Penn. I haven't tried tsi in them yet.
Ron

[Yogi_fish808]

Kyle did you use the micro fibre cloth & burnishing cream to polish the chrome as well, thanks for your replies, good stuff brother, cheers Don.

For chrome and final polishing most metals I use nev-r-dull. It's amazing at removing tarnish and oxidation.

[bhale1]

Kyle,
That is one sweet reel, looks brand new!! Great job.
Brett

[Yogi_fish808]

I posted pics of this reel on the Vintage Penn facebook page and got some interesting history on the origin on the wide "yellowfin special" kit. A gentleman named Steve Carson who fished with Carl dropped some knowledge that I was stoked to learn.

Steve-"Yellowfin Special", a little-used "wide" version of a Jigmaster. Conceived by the fertile mind of Carl Newell during his years of long-range fishing aboard the Qualifier 105 in the mid-late 70's. In those days, the live bait in San Diego was usually anchovies, and anything heavier than a Jigmaster made it difficult to get the fragile baits out far enough. This was also a couple of decades before the invention of SuperBraids AND fluorocarbon, so you had to use 30 pound monofilament to get a bite, and then not get spooled. For the often 75-100 pound yellowfin tuna at Alijos Rocks, a standard Jigmaser just didn't hold "quite" enough 30 pound mono to avoid getting spooled. Voila! Carl added another 100 yards of line without making the spool appreciably heavier. It was also common to change out the "fried" drag washers of the reel every night after dinner.

My fishing buddy who is also into vintage penns for shorecasting had me build an identical reel for him with a red knob 24-56 handle. Large bonefish/Oio cruise the near-shore sand flats during winter in Hawaii, with the possibility of an off season ulua. We're having a friendly "shoot out" between the 2 yellowfin jigs to see who can land the first good sized fish.

[Alto Mare]

Nice looking reels Kyle and thanks for sharing that information from Steve Carson, that was a nice treat.

Sal

[Bryan Young]

Super nice clean, slick, looking reel.

The only problem I see is you forgot to polish the brass on the back of the handle

Keith

There's always that one guy...that one guy...

Reminds me of a video I recently saw.  A math teacher entered the classroom on the first day of class.  After he wrote his name, he wrote out 5 math equations and one knowingly wrong.  The class laughed and then when he spoke to the class, he said all of you noticed and acknowledged the one that was incorrect.  What about the 4 others that were right?  What is the moral of the story?  Everyone will focus on what is wrong.  That's life.  Don't let that one thing get you down.  Celebrate your successes and continue to endure, because it's not what you did wrong, but what you did right.

Keith, not harping on you.  Just seems to relate to what I just saw and it was fresh in my memory.

But there is always that one guy... hahahahaha

[Swami805]

Thanks for that Bryan.  I have a management meeting today. Might bring that up. What's unemployment pay these days? Haha. Anyway human nature does have its quirks.
Beautiful reels. Wish I had hung on to mine. Certainly was a west coast thing and Newell kits were a big improvement

[Army_of_One]

I posted pics of this reel on the Vintage Penn facebook page and got some interesting history on the origin on the wide "yellowfin special" kit. A gentleman named Steve Carson who fished with Carl dropped some knowledge that I was stoked to learn.

Steve-"Yellowfin Special", a little-used "wide" version of a Jigmaster. Conceived by the fertile mind of Carl Newell during his years of long-range fishing aboard the Qualifier 105 in the mid-late 70's. In those days, the live bait in San Diego was usually anchovies, and anything heavier than a Jigmaster made it difficult to get the fragile baits out far enough. This was also a couple of decades before the invention of SuperBraids AND fluorocarbon, so you had to use 30 pound monofilament to get a bite, and then not get spooled. For the often 75-100 pound yellowfin tuna at Alijos Rocks, a standard Jigmaser just didn't hold "quite" enough 30 pound mono to avoid getting spooled. Voila! Carl added another 100 yards of line without making the spool appreciably heavier. It was also common to change out the "fried" drag washers of the reel every night after dinner.

My fishing buddy who is also into vintage penns for shorecasting had me build an identical reel for him with a red knob 24-56 handle. Large bonefish/Oio cruise the near-shore sand flats during winter in Hawaii, with the possibility of an off season ulua. We're having a friendly "shoot out" between the 2 yellowfin jigs to see who can land the first good sized fish.

Those are amazing!  Could you find out more from Steve Carson about the other versions?  The Black Marlin more specifically?  Thank you for sharing your reels and info!

[Maxed Out]

Beautiful reels Kyle

Hard to imagine what Carl Newell would have created had he lived longer. Once he passed away there was nobody to replace his way of thinking

[Yogi_fish808]

Beautiful reels Kyle

Hard to imagine what Carl Newell would have created had he lived longer. Once he passed away there was nobody to replace his way of thinking

If Carl had the technology we have available now and was still around the skies the limit.