Tackle hoarders, what have you picked up lately???

[thorhammer]

Lots and lots of old Gibbs plugs. Mixed bag of Luxor reels.

Pics of the Gibbs swimmers, plez?

[drumbum]

Snagged a real nice condition ambassadeur 4600c3 and a 90's 3600 black max,.....plus a Nippon cardinal C4 for 40 total recently.

[thorhammer]

Highway robbery. The Max's were sweet. I have a 6600 Promax I bought close out for half price at $100 in 1995. The finish on the Pro isn't durable, but still it was $200 35 years ago...

One Abu handle, star and cast control knob will set you $40 now...

[quang tran]

Just pick up a Daiwa SM-2A never used with box and all paper and part , this reel is same reel as my first bait casting reel

[slosh]

Just pick up a Daiwa SM-2A never used with box and all paper and part , this reel is same reel as my first bait casting reel

Ha that was also my first baitcaster (bought used from a buddy in 1996, I was 11) and I have one coming in the mail tomorrow. I still use these for bass (albeit with upgraded drags,bearings,and polished internals) and the incoming reel will probably be spare parts.

Pinion gear was the Achilles heel on these, and they were impossible to find for years.  Maybe 3 years ago a batch of them showed up on eBay and I got a few. They weren't cheap or I'd have gotten more. Supposedly the worn ones can be repaired with silver solder, but I haven't tried that yet.

[Reels_penn4life]

Lots and lots of old Gibbs plugs. Mixed bag of Luxor reels.

Pics of the Gibbs swimmers, plez?

here yay go. I got a gts3 mackerel Gibbs after these pics were taken. You'll see the small gts2 hanging.

[quang tran]

Very nice collection