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Title: Can you date this Trilene/Garcia Platyl?
Post by: wailua boy on June 30, 2021, 06:13:01 PM
Aloha Ohana,
A friend gave me a few older tackle boxes. Inside I found these spools and I'm wondering about approximate age. Thanks
Title: Re: Can you date this Trilene/Garcia Platyl?
Post by: oc1 on June 30, 2021, 06:29:23 PM
Donno, but it's got to be 50's or early 60's for the hard braid.  Trilene came out in 1959.
Title: Re: Can you date this Trilene/Garcia Platyl?
Post by: happyhooker on July 02, 2021, 01:04:05 AM
Have a '75 Garcia catalog, and the Platyl in there has the same label as you depict, although it appears to be a dark brown color (maybe same as yours; photos are notoriously inaccurate with color).
Title: Re: Can you date this Trilene/Garcia Platyl?
Post by: wailua boy on July 02, 2021, 05:07:43 PM
Thank you guys