Ok, I love treasure hunting.. No wonder Alan's site is so great!! Let's see everyones dusty "new" vintage project reel, tackle; or recent garage sale/pawnshop/online treasure that you snuck in past the wife haha.... pic is me.. I have no earthly idea how to post this to my profile.. (And I have tried many times with note5 phone)
The best deal I have ever got was at a Marine Flea market when I got a good condition 12/0 loaded with monel for $50.00. The owner must have been away and left someone else in charge because when I started my negotiating lowball bid , he accepted and I almost fell over. The wire alone was worth more than that.
Carl,
I normally have the ability to add an Avatar to a members profile, but it won't let me do it for some reason.
You need to add that pic to your profile.
Welcome!,
Daron
I learned a long time ago that it's better not to sneak.
No sneaking here Tommy.
Just doing want Moderators are supposed to do. ;)
I have helped members with this in the past, but This Go Daddy stuff has some issues now and then.
Quote from: Shark Hunter on January 17, 2018, 02:05:04 AM
No sneaking here Tommy.
Just doing want Moderators are supposed to do. ;)
I have helped members with this in the past, but This Go Daddy stuff has some issues now and then.
Daron, that wasn't directed toward you or the avatar thing. It was directed at Carl's reels "snuck in past the wife" scenario since that's what the thread started out as. :o If a guy got caught sneakin' a reel in he'd probably be in more trouble than actually buying one. ;)
10-4 on that Tommy. ;)
If I drop a couple hundred on a reel. There is no sneaking.
Where I live a 209 is considered a "deep sea reel" and the rare reels worth picking up are usually way over valued by the seller, like a 114H with a cracked handle side sideplate for $90.00 and no budging on the price. My wife did pick up a very nice black 4/0 for $5.00 though.
well, Im not a lucky guy when it comes to find bairgains or extreme good deals on yard sales or fleabay, etc but from time to time find a deal that match my spare budget for fishing toys on fleamarket or yard sale, if I have to chose the "best yard sale find", that it should be a black 113 senator that a guy was selling along other beat-up reels on a crate.
I needed to take a closer look on the old blacky senator because it had some "funny" sideplates and handle, I took it and asked the seller guy how much he wanted to for the old beat up black one, he told naah I dont know, its really old, its too slow and weak, give me $20 for it or make me an offer.
I said, you know, I will give you the $20 bucks dont worry.
then I took the reel, get into my car and step on the gas as if I was robbering a bank and didnt stop until getting to my house parking, took a look around searching for police follow me and when I saw there was noone follow me I took the reel to a secure place into my home
it was a Baja Special reel, on really good working conditions but some really bad scratches and some corrosion on the frame.
its not my next restoration because that happened a year ago and the reel already have another frame and its been already restored to the max, is even using a Tom's bridge assembly upgrade.
you can see some of that here
http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=13018.30
You are a bandito ALEX.... ;)
You did good Alex! Now lets hope the guy is not a member here, he'll probably come and get it back ;D...good job!
Sal
Quote from: Alto Mare on January 17, 2018, 07:18:47 PM
You did good Alex! Now lets hope the guy is not a member here,
Sh!!!tt !! you're right, now I should delete everything, to tell the truth at the end it wasnt working at all, I throw it to the trash can few weeks later ;D ;D
a year ago i was chatting with an acquaintence in CA who is a long range veteran and he was in big need of some raider lures for a trip to the rocks. When i started going long range someone recommended i get a bunch of raiders so i dropped a bunch of bucks on them. Fast foreward i never used them. So i boxed up a dozen and sent them cross country. A big thank you note from friend and all was well. A couple weeks later a box appears on porch Hmm its from Ca friend. Heavy too. Bring it in and open it up 2 full accurate wahoo specials with a note Had these just laying around thought you might be able to use them. I havent used them yet but i sure will this fall, Meanwhile they went to Sal for his wizzardry and got Striper Lou to make 2 fantastic red creations to replace the accurate handles to complete the conversion.Not quite a find but a heck of a gift.
Quote from: bill19803 on March 20, 2018, 10:15:30 AM
a year ago i was chatting with an acquaintence in CA who is a long range veteran and he was in big need of some raider lures for a trip to the rocks. When i started going long range someone recommended i get a bunch of raiders so i dropped a bunch of bucks on them. Fast foreward i never used them. So i boxed up a dozen and sent them cross country. A big thank you note from friend and all was well. A couple weeks later a box appears on porch Hmm its from Ca friend. Heavy too. Bring it in and open it up 2 full accurate wahoo specials with a note Had these just laying around thought you might be able to use them. I havent used them yet but i sure will this fall, Meanwhile they went to Sal for his wizzardry and got Striper Lou to make 2 fantastic red creations to replace the accurate handles to complete the conversion.Not quite a find but a heck of a gift.
I remember those Bill, very nice and capable reels:
(https://i.imgur.com/qoIxq0P.jpg)
Good things happen to good guys, I'm not surprised you got those.
Sal
awesome payback gift
btw, what size is a wahoo special?
I hunt a lot, but successes are few and far between. Did get a used 3-piece spincast/baitcast rod last week for a buck at a thrift store because one guide was busted. No sweat, it was short some guides anyway, so I took them all off and installed a more respectable number of guides. Just wrapping up final coating of wrappings, will put a little wax on 'er & she'll await the thawing of the lakes here for a trial run in a couple of weeks. Black, pistol grip handle, fairly slow action and no id, other than some printing on the handle that I can't read. Must be a travel rod; three sections are a little unusual; each piece is about 22" long.
Frank
i believe that wahoo special is 349 size, accurate frame and plates, and now some of sals stuff inside Drag feels marvelous. Id feel comfortable with any east coast fish except sword and nothing is too big for them devils
Howz about a guessing game thing on this'n? My brother got it at a flea market sale in the SF Bay Area and gifted it to me.
Aproximate era within around 10 years and manufacturer?
I'm a little late to the party here, but I really think my best find was the Godfather.
It is an expensive reel I got at a discount.
There were trials and tribulations, but this reel is a thing of Beauty.
I Think The Reel Gfish Showed Is Made By COX In The 40s, Just A Guess.... Most Reels Back Then Had A Square Shaft And No Plastic.
Barry
:) This Is Not My ( Best ) Yard Sale Find But One Of The Silliest...... This Was Made By Auto Cast In The 50s : Body Is PVC Tubing, Bike Hand Grip, Reel Seat For Zebco Type Reels, Spring Loaded, With 1 Line Guide, Place Sinker/ Lure In The Cup... Cock The Spring, 3 Power Settings, Aim And Release! Bait Is Launched 30 to 50 FEET ! If You Hook Up You Play The Fish With The PVC Rod.... Good Luck With That . I Live In Vegas So Garage Sales With Fish Gear Are As Rare As Slot Jackpots !!!! The Fish Stuff That I Do Find Are From People That Moved From Fish Country.... Stored In The Garage For 40 Years, Now Is For Sale, That's Where This Auto Cast Came From. Had Some Crazy Stuff To Catch Fishermen Back Then, Many Ways I Enjoy This Hobby.
Barry
Post #17, Not a Cox, Barry! Go back even further. Hint: note how narrow relative to the length, the screw slot is on the knob.
That Autocast would be great for someone with shoulder/arm problems.
Perhaps B.F. Meek and Sons. No.5 with a top hat?
-steve
Part I: Went to a family friend's yard sale where the grandfather had passed away. He was in in his late 70's when he passed and was an avid freshwater fisherman. The family mentioned they were selling his fishing gear, so i went to the sale. I was guessing that he would have at least one abu garcia baitcaster. I was correct and was able to get a 4600CB, well used but still fishable, on a nice used cordell 7ft rod. Nice combo that he must have used alot. I think i paid 8$.
Part II: i get home and put away the rest of the gear i got, then go back out to get the rod and reel. I realize that there is a white 3inch tube jig tied on it. Well, i just gotta cast it to see if it works. I do a light cast across my front yard, about 30 ft. It obviously needs to be cleaned, cause its a rough cast thst ends in a little bit of tangled line. i sort it out and start to reel it in. An american kestral swoops out of the neighbors tree and tries to grab the lure. I manage to keep it away from him, cause it still has a 4/0 hook on the jig! So i pull out my leatherman and snap off the hook behind the jig head so i wont hurt him, cause u know i gotta cast again. He's now sitting on the block wall between our houses, and he's still eyeballing me. So i cast again, a little harder to try and get it for enough that he'll see it as i "jig" it back. The lure lands and i birdsnest the line around the spool. Oh crap, i start quickly hand pulling off line to fix it. The kestral jumps off the wall and swoops across the lure, picking it up in his talons and he tries to take it back to the original tree where he started from. He's flying low and i'm panicking as i fix the reel. I manage to finish pulling out the nest of line as the kestral straighens out the rest of the line and turn the handle just as he banks around a medium sized oleander. The line tightens and pulls him into the bush, crash! Oh no!!!! I thought he would let go, but the timing of his flight pattern and me tighting up the line coincided with him ending up in the bush. The lure got stuck in the bush and he flew off after a couple seconds. He did not return...
Part III: a couple months later my wife and i are out of town when we get a panic call from the teenage kids. Apparently when they got home from school, they heard screaching from the den. When they went inside, they found a male kestral sitting on the window sill, inside the house. Apparently one of the cats caught it and brought it into the house, where it then escaped the cat, but not the house. It appeared to be unhurt, so the kids caught it and released it outside.
I have since cleaned up the reel and it casts beautifully. This is one that I wont be parting with...
Great Story Rogan! ;)
Beautiful Bird too.
It looks like a miniature Hawk.
I'm not familiar with the Kestral, but He has to be tough.
Nice "Catch, Photo, and Release"! No wait, it wasn't caught legally by hook and line......LOL!
Quote from: oc1 on March 21, 2018, 07:58:55 PM
Perhaps B.F. Meek and Sons. No.5 with a top hat?
-steve
Yeah. A No. 25 Bluegrass, from about 1910-1920.
That Kestral is deal is really cool. Love those small raptors. If it was me, n' I didn't have a cat I'd consider tryin' to make it kinda a pet by feedin it now and then. A "winged mouser".
One of the good things about living in a cold climate is that the tackle departments have 2 clearance sales a year--once in the fall when open water season is wrapping up and another early spring when ice fishing closes down. My local big box retailer did not fail; went in yesterday and found a decent sized cardboard box of mostly soft plastics and a price sign underneath that said 25 cents. Time to stock up; some were indeed only a quarter, but more than some were only a dime. Picture shows only a small selection of what came my way. All US made.
I didn't have to sneak 'em past the wife either; she volunteered to take the packs to the price checker to verify they really were a quarter (or less).
Frank
Love that ol' Kaintucky reel Gfish! 8)
Rogan, there is some traditional lore of animals appearing to people shortly after the death of a loved one. In my family a solitary robin will appear from time to time, and there is a feeling that it is somehow representing the spirit of my grandmother. Did it occur to you to connect the kestrel with your grandfather?
Quote from: Shark Hunter on March 21, 2018, 07:35:22 AM
I'm a little late to the party here, but I really think my best find was the Godfather.
It is an expensive reel I got at a discount.
There were trials and tribulations, but this reel is a thing of Beauty.
I love that reel. Almost too nice to fish with.
Me too! Thank You. ;)
Nice Bluegrass there G.
I live in the Bluegrass State ya know. ;D
Daron, there's a fishing reel museum in Frankfort. Don't know how far that is from you.
-steve
Probably an Hour to 90 Minutes away.
I have my own Museum. ;)
Cool American stuff from Kentucky, besides Shark Hunter: 1) Kentucky reels 2) Black powder Kentucky Long Rifles 3) Bluegrass 4) Thorough-bred race horses 5) worlds best sippin whisky 6) Country/bluegrass music(kentucky coalmine family homeboy-Dewight Yoakum, my favorite, great new album out last year) 7) Country girls: "They wear their dresses cut country tight, a man from Kentucky, well he sure is lucky!" Glen Cambell, circa late 1960's. Etc., etc.