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Spinning Reel Rebuild Tutorials and Questions => General Spinning Reel Questions => Topic started by: CincyDavid on June 05, 2026, 11:31:51 AM

Title: 1950s Salmo trade reel for Sears' Canadian market
Post by: CincyDavid on June 05, 2026, 11:31:51 AM
For your viewing pleasure, please find a 1950s era Salmo reel, built in Switzerland, marked as a Simpsons-Sears 3333 for Sears' Canadian market. No anti-reverse, nowhere to put it. Stout, simple mechanism.
Title: Re: 1950s Salmo trade reel for Sears' Canadian market
Post by: Gfish on June 05, 2026, 06:22:10 PM
Simple is nice sometime, but I just godda have a line-roller.
Title: Re: 1950s Salmo trade reel for Sears' Canadian market
Post by: Midway Tommy on June 05, 2026, 06:36:39 PM
Just goes to show how much AI doesn't know!  ;) AI claims the JC Higgins Simpson-Sears spinning reel was made in Japan.  ::) That's exactly why I have zero confidence in any/every thing AI.  ;)

The handle clearly looks to be a Salmo made handle. It closely resembles most of the handles on Salmo made reels that I have, and others I've seen.  :D