Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Quote from: oc1 on June 30, 2026, 06:13:26 AMI would not be allowed to take up valuable shelf space with fishing reels.

My wife is a sweetheart and appreciates the fact that I don't p_$$ away money on alcohol, so she's fine with my obsession. She figures it's a lot better than me hanging out on some bar somewhere. Plus, she's found me some nice reels and a couple of cool display cases when she's been out antiqueing with a couple of her girl friends.   

I guess I came into this reel fancying thing without any expectations that I would own reels I wouldn't use. I'm not developing a museum. I respect museums and their purpose of cataloging history. And I won't be vying for museum level artifacts.

Quote from: Midway Tommy on June 30, 2026, 04:35:42 PMMy wife is a sweetheart and appreciates the fact that I don't p_$$ away money on alcohol, so she's fine with my obsession. She figures it's a lot better than me hanging out on some bar somewhere. Plus, she's found me some nice reels and a couple of cool display cases when she's been out antiqueing with a couple of her girl friends.   

Ditto here. Including the display case.

Great question/topic, David
Struggling a bit with that right now as 72 approaches and I have no idea how many reels I purchased in the last few years of my addiction. I have several that I will never fish. I was recently looking for a particular ocean city reel and several came up from one seller. I made the opening bid on 5 or 6 of them and nobody else bid? Unexpected large purchase. I hope that I didn't miss any major flaws on the reels and that the seller will be kind enough to combine freight as inexpensively as possible. I might keep two.
I need to start selling and get my stable down to under 50 reels.