This big green reel is headed my way. Not one you see every day.
Yeah. Now for the origin story. These old rare reels are fun and interesting. Some seem to have a knack for finding them.
I was doing a basic search on ebay and stumbled on it...wasn't even looking for one but figured I might not see another any time soon so I should grab it. I'm assuming it's late-60s production, seems that Shakespeare did a lot of private label/trade reels during that era.
As I recollect it, Shakespeare and South Bend had a deal where Shakespeare built reels for SB, and SB furnished rods to Shaky. Not sure when it started or ended. That SB 808 bears a resemblance to the old Sea Wonders.
Frank
Frank, I assume it's either a 2080 or 2090 Sea Wonder, hopefully the spools have a part number so I can confirm. I don't have the faintest idea what I'm going to do with it, likely it will just sit in the box, but one never knows.
Even the crank handle is green. I keep getting an error when I try to upload images today, I'll circle back later. My laptop is getting close to the end of its life, maybe this is a sign from above to replace it. One of the spools has 4777 on the back, the other two appear to be blank.
There are little labels on the back of the spools, DECEIVER 12 lb and DECEIVER 20 lb. Apparently South Bend had a line of monofilament called Deceiver.
50 shades of green...