Grandpa's Senator 1/0 got serviced

[jon_elc]

dug this out of a garage cabinet drawer.  i don't think it's been used since the 1960s.  ordered some 6-60 washers from mysticparts and followed Alan's service tutorial on Senator 111.  found this beautiful handle in a box with rod clamps.  heh, check out the box (i just noticed right now when taking pics) !!

[alantani]

very nice!!!!!!

[foakes]

Great reel!

Excellent screwdriver...

Best, Fred

[Darin Crofton]

Very cool reel, box and goodies, thanks for sharing!

[Crow]

Your Grandpa would be proud !

[oc1]

Nice one Jon.  The 1/0 is one of my favorites.  It looks like Grandpa had at least four Penns and took the clamp off all of them.  Can't blame him a bit.  Those things are always awkward and uncomfortable if you're holding the rod.  I have yet to see a photo of a rod with the reel seat demolished because the reel was yanked off of it (without clamps).  Seems like a belt and suspenders thing.
-steve

[Gfish]

Cool, Jon. Good for Grandpa, sure wish more people would keep the box, accessories, and manual. I see $4.42 written on the box and $16.00 written on a sticker. Did your Grandpa buy it used? What kinda drag washers did it have?

Here's mine. I'm in the process of greasing and oiling everything for preservation as a shelfie. Came with leather drag washers. Darn, no manual. I'm pretty sure this one has never had line on it. The presence of part numbers means it is a post 1950 Penn.

Agree with Steve on the rod clamps, but only on the narrower Penns such as this one, the 2/0, Long Beach 60, Jigmaster 501, the extra narrow Jigmaster(P21 XN) that I have, etc. A narrow, larger Penn, such as a Sailfisher 130 or Mariner 349, i'd use a clamp.

[mo65]

   Nice work on the 1/0s guys...good to see those reels still getting some love. I've spent a fortune narrowing and hot rodding Jigmasters while my little 1/0 sits there and laughs...it's actually the better choice for my fishing...some day I'll figure that out.

[jon_elc]

good eyes, guys!  i guess they were leather washers?  I also a found a Squidder 145 in that drawer.   Here's a story about my Grandpa for you guys.  I never knew him.  I was born after he passed. i heard some stories about his fishing days from my mom, like he used to take her perch fishing on the SF piers.

My grandpa had 4 girls, and they all had girls (up until he died).  My dad (his son in-law) sort of inherited some of his old fishing gear, when we sold grandma's house, as the only fisherman at that time (i was about 8, i think, fishing a little trout with my dad).  Now that you mention it, I seem to remember seeing some big-#### Senators, but we never used them. 

My dad mostly fished black bass and striped bass, so i imagine over the years he got rid of those larger reels, but kept these because (?).  I stopped fishing for many years (and started again this year) so i just started "inheritting" fishing gear from my mom's garage.   My mom found this pic of Grandpa with a striper (maybe in 1950s?)

[Crow]

You guys are making me envious , with those 1/0's...I've been "needing" one, but haven't found one that's "cheap enough to fit my reel budget", yet....maybe if I quit spending my "allowance" on 49's

That's a nice striper that "Gramps" has, too !

[jon_elc]

oh and i forgot that i also found a little 920 Levelwind.   Here it is with the squidder 145

[wfjord]

oh and i forgot that i also found a little 920 Levelwind.   Here it is with the squidder 145

Those are prizes, too! That's a beautiful 145.

[Bill B]

Your grand dad had good taste....good to see you saving them...now time to put them to use and show us some pictures of your catches....Bill

[Dominick]

It's good to have reels with sentimental value.  Dominick

[thorhammer]

Absolutely three of my favorites, and I don't own a 145...but several each 140 and 146 and I'd prefer 145's.