Daiwa open faced spinner...70’s

[cdaline]

Found this at an estate sale ... $10. Reminded me of how
well made these reels were. Circa 1970, all metal, 4:1 retrieve
ratio. Smooth accurate bail, functioning anti-reverse and
click . Strong drag. When removing the old mono found a
previous owner had bow-tied one run of line to another....
can just imagine if fisherman had a fish spool him , sadness
would prevail. I literally had to chisel out the petrified reel
grease from all the nooks and crannies. Now a smooth operator.
These reels were my first introduction to the Japan made
market... but noted Daiwa included the imprint of " engineered
and developed in the U.S.A.  ... I can just imagine 14 y/o
me tying a white feather onto the 12 # test mono and fighting
a delicious Corvina into the shallows.
A nice reel.

https://imgur.com/a/B4lW4m0

[happyhooker]

The 7000 series is generally pretty well regarded.  Sounds like a heck of a buy.

Frank

[mo65]

   I like the HRL series of reels...they work and last well for what they were.

[cdaline]

Really liking this reel .... no plastic to be found !
So now , what the heck does HRL stand for ? ( this
should be interesting ). 😜

[foakes]

These are great reels.

HRL — High-Speed, Retrieve, Light.

Best, Fred

[cdaline]

Thanks Fred .... never would have got that
right. !

[Wompus Cat]

Pic no show on Firefox for some reason


https://imgur.com/a/B4lW4m0

[happyhooker]

I was wondering if the "RL" stood for right-left retrieve (reversible handle)?

Frank

[Midway Tommy]

I was wondering if the "RL" stood for right-left retrieve (reversible handle)?

Frank

In the early versions, as noted in their 1969 catalog, R stood for right hand. It actually stated "R means right hand winding".    RL stood for right hand - left hand. H was for high speed, " Gear ratio 4.5 to 1".