Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Good Morning,
I am new to the site...thank you Alan for helping me get registered. 
I don't feel like a collector, but have ended up with more reels and rods than one human could ever use....mostly Garcia Mitchell 300s and 308s, and now DAM Quick spinning reels (especially the 220N). 
I am really liking these DAM Quick reels.  Went most of my life without knowing they existed....perhaps not a big presence on the west coast of the USA?  I love old fiberglass rods, especially pack rods, Eagle Claw, Fenwick, Cortland, etc.  I am curious (and perhaps I just need to do more searching) if someone services older spinning reels?  We used to have a nice reel service shop in Portland called Ollie Damon's but they have retired.  Thank you!
Joe G.

Welcome aboard, Joe!

For over 40 years, I have serviced, restored, and repaired  Mitchell's, and DAM Quicks —- as do others on here.

Ollie Damon ran a good shop.

I keep a massive inventory of parts for DQ, Mitchell, Penn, and ABU/Zebco Cardinal spinning reels.

Best, Fred

Welcome, Joe! Nice to have another spinning reel guy aboard. There are a few guys that service spinning reels that frequent this site regularly. They should  along shortly to give you some guidance & direction. Many of us try to service our own reels and there are a lot of people here that can give helpful advice.

Welcome.  If you need a place to start thinning out the inventory,  we have a "for sale" section!!!

Welcome!

Hi.

Loosing Ollie Damon hurt, I delt with they from the late '70s until the closed. 

Welcome Klickitatjoe!
Yup. Ollie Damon let me get away with not paying them back in the early '70's. Sent in a MG 306 for warranty repair and new line. When it came back, I saw a repair charge, (maybe they determined that the issue was my fault) along with the new line charge on the bill they sent back, "little so and so" that I was, I blew 'em off. Still feel bad about that one. But I never heard back from them...

Howdy!!

Welcome Joe from the SoCal Inland Empire!  You're in the right place; I suspect most of use have more reels than we will realistically use... - john

Welcome, Joe.  The best spinner repair and service on this site is Fred Oakes. Dominick San Mateo, CA

Welcome Joe/ 

Thanks everyone!  A treat to find knowledgeable fishing enthusiasts.  I appreciate the welcome.

Welcome Joe. Boy did you ever come to the right place!

Greetings, Joe, from Minnesota.

Frank

Good to have you here Joe.  Foakes (Fred Oakes) is my Go To for parts and advice for spinners. Bill, SoCal mountains