Shimano Old School Graphite Spinning Reels from the late 1980's

[ccalls]

Shimano old school graphite spinning reels.  Does anybody collect these reels besides me? I remember being 15 and drooling over them in the glass case in the sporting goods department at Kmart back in the 1980's.   The biggers ones (3000 - 4000 size) were approaching $100 a pop back then.  Most of them have the Shimano patented "fightin' drag" which works like a lever drag on the rear of the reel.  There's even a marking for "Strike" at the center.  I still used these once in a while when I go for trout or catfish.  I've pulled in quite a few fish with these reels.  A few years back, I put 30lb Powerpro braid on one of the bigger ones and promptly got completely spooled by a fish on the Green Pleasure Pier in Avalon.

I have the following:

Custom GT2500 Plus
TX110Q
TX120Q
TX130Q
Mark I
Magnumlite GT-X 2300SQ
Magnumlite GT-X 1200 Plus
Magnumlite GT-X 1300 Plus

[Nessie Hunter]

Very nice collection..... 

Rear drags are not only a total PITA to work on, but the drag washers are very small.
I would imagine thats why you got spooled..... 
They dont equate to much in the way of resistance/drag...

Some BIG fish lurking off the Catalina coast!!

[mackereljoe]

Nice collection, i can definitely understand why people collect those things.  For a good 4 years that's the type of reel i've used whipping for papio and lai almost 20 years ago.  The drag is very smooth and i love that fighting drag feature.  Lost plenty of bigger fish with it, but it's a fun reel.  Still to this day think about that big bonefish that almost spooled me while fishing at Iroqouis point, got his freedom by straightened up my little hook.

[ccalls]

Very nice collection..... 

Rear drags are not only a total PITA to work on, but the drag washers are very small.
I would imagine thats why you got spooled..... 
They dont equate to much in the way of resistance/drag...

Some BIG fish lurking off the Catalina coast!!

Definite PITA so much so that I've never bothered to replace them;D.   But I like do them because the got the rear "lever drag" to play around with and the Magnumlite were named Speedmasters that had gear ratios around 6:1.  They're also cheap reels to acquire off of Ebay.

[Brendan]

Old School, late 80's I'm feeling great right now. At least I've only fished with one of them.
Ha-Ha, Brendan.

[BigerBass2009]

Shimano old school graphite spinning reels.  Does anybody collect these reels besides me? I remember being 15 and drooling over them in the glass case in the sporting goods department at Kmart back in the 1980's.   The biggers ones (3000 - 4000 size) were approaching $100 a pop back then.  Most of them have the Shimano patented "fightin' drag" which works like a lever drag on the rear of the reel.  There's even a marking for "Strike" at the center.  I still used these once in a while when I go for trout or catfish.  I've pulled in quite a few fish with these reels.  A few years back, I put 30lb Powerpro braid on one of the bigger ones and promptly got completely spooled by a fish on the Green Pleasure Pier in Avalon.

I have the following:

Custom GT2500 Plus
TX110Q
TX120Q
TX130Q
Mark I
Magnumlite GT-X 2300SQ
Magnumlite GT-X 1200 Plus
Magnumlite GT-X 1300 Plus

greetings wow

A whole collection in 1984 The serie Shimano magnumlite speedmaster was distributed in canada I bought some fishing rods

I had $ 6.41 per hour wage and this damage is one of the best series of mechanics

Precisely I have 3 Spool  intact good conditions MagnumliteGT-X Plus 1300 for sale has good prices I lost the reel

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[philaroman]

cool collection -- Fightin' Drag Shimanos are the only rear drag reels worth using, IMO (albeit a pain to service).  I don't much care for the FastCast/QuickFire trigger, though -- it may be convenient, but all the trigger models have the stupid self-centering one-point A/R.  I just hate the rotor flopping around through one full revolution -- HORRIBLE for zero-stretch lines!

for use (esp. w/ braid), I'd recommend later generations with the tall Aero Spool, worm-gear oscillation, better line rollers and WITHOUT triggers.  As far as I know, the pinnacle of rear-drags is Biomaster L (better-made JDM/Euro Stradic equivalent) & Symetre is the highest US model...  gotta' be the older "Made in Japan" ones -- later Malaysian versions are not nearly as durable & most (all?) are downgraded back to simple locomotive oscillation