Reel Repair by Alan Tani

I have always wanted a reel with a scenic tailplate & have narrowed it down to 3.If you could only have one, which of these 3 & why?

1/0,146,or Surfmaster 100

Also,If you remember the Scenic tailplate thread share the link please,OC1-Steve I believe had alot of info on the subject matter. 

Surfmaster. I have a couple my dad used to use. Love the scene of the old time surfcaster on it. Was always afraid to open them to do a full clean and service. Finally did them. They run like new. No parts needed. Ones from the mid 50s. Other early 60s. I think they are the 150 and 200 models. Gotta go look. They sit on my special reel shelf.

Quote from: jgp12000 on November 12, 2026, 12:03:21 PMAlso,If you remember the Scenic tailplate thread share the link please,OC1-Steve I believe had alot of info on the subject matter.

I think this might be the thread you are looking for: https://alantani.com/index.php?topic=12512.0

That was it thank you Decker, it appears some photos are missing now.

The tail plate on both the Squidder and Surfmaster are almost the same, it's just a ring and bakelite color to separate them apart externally.

Some of us actually have a different scenic tail plate from another reel making the reel cooler.  For example, a Surfmaster 250 tail plate on a Jigmaster.

I have an old 180 scenic tail plate on a Surfmaster 100 size reel that I made.