Old reels in action, lets see em!

[bushleague]

 This page is full of great pictures of old reels, but its somewhat short of my favorite sort... pictures of them in action! I thought I'd start a thread specifically for field/ fishing pics of our old treasures. Looking forwards to seeing yours.

 Admitedly, for having fished mostly with old reels for decades, I myself have relatively few field pics, mostly because I largely fish alone and therefore dont take alot of pictures... but I'll start it off with some pics from an "life-goal" type adventure I took last summer. I drove to northern Saskatchewan, paddled/ portaged my canoe way back into fly-in country. Then I camped on a small island and lived on walleye and instant coffee for 15 days while hunting for trophy pike.

RIMG0146 by , on Flickr

 My weapons of choice on that trip, a Daiwa D1600 which is wearing a BG15 spool just cause thats what had fresh 12lb mono, and a Penn Slammer 360 that had 15lb fireline on it. The Penn admitedly barely counts since I ordered it new from Australia a few years ago.

RIMG0134 by , on Flickr

I fished both reels about equally and both caught pike that broke the 20lb mark, but this demonstrates why I dont take alot of pictures fishing solo. The above picture is a very girthy 42-43"er, but you cant really tell. If you try to lay a pike out it will pretty much always beat itself half to death and wreck mayhem on anything in your boat before you manage to get any sort of picture, and after all that you've got a "meh" picture of a mostly dead fish lying in the bottom of a boat. Heres a couple better pics of more co-oporative species destined for the frying pan.

RIMG0149 by , on Flickr

RIMG0155 by , on Flickr

 Anyhow, I dont mean to give the impression that the pictures need be of huge fish or fabulous adventures, I'd just enjoy seeing some pics of old gear on the job.

[quang tran]

5 diamond spoon is my favorite for pike . Good eating yellow perch and walleye .Good trip man

[bushleague]

Catching breakfast with a pre 300 Mitchell...

P5190076 by , on Flickr

[bushleague]

 A nice eater sized walleye I caught on an older Ambassadeur 2-speed that I have mounted on a 10.5' steelhead rod for shore fishing.

RIMG0043 by , on Flickr

 Despite owning a decent walleye boat and a couple canoes I've gravitated back to doing the bulk of my fishing from shore. In a boat you can basically hit the same water, often even the same spots all year and catch fish. To catch from shore through the season requires way more work and knowlege IMO. Pretty much constant exploring to find spots, and then variables like water level and wind action can totally change things on you. Switching through different types of water bodies and species is usually necessary to stay successful through the season. For me its just a more demanding, intriguing, and rewarding persuit.