Reels named after STATES

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Dale Noll
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Reels named after STATES

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Another Project;

Makeing Photo list of Non-Level-Wind reels with a State Imprint on the Headplate or Tailplate. There are only three in my collection. Wonder how many more there are. Thanks for anyone's help adding to this list.

Illinois:

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Michigan:

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Wyoming:

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Hi Dale, the United States Reels were sold by the VIM Co. Chicago, we have 4 different versions of Bronson's trade reels, the Penn, Indiana, Illionios and the Ohio. Your other two look to be Monty's! We show these reels in the Bronson site under Trade Reels! DR. Todd has a good article about them in his Fishing for History site, that info is in our site with the rest of this! May I use your pics of the Michigan and the Wyomy in our site, :bow:
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Robert:

Glad to hear from you. Sure missed your participation on this forum. Hope you continue to get better, and help keep this forum as active as possible.

You can use any of my photos for your site. However, they are not too good. As I get more time, I hope to provide with better quality photos of 4 different views of each reel.

The photos in your site are so clear and well done that it will be tough to get comparable quality. Harvey once sent me info on his light box photo system. Guess I need to restudy & upgrade.

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I use sometimes just a dollar store Styrofoam cooler, natural sun is good, but some times hard to find? get a desk mount natural light from a hobby store / Walmart shoot that light into that box! The camera needs to be steady on a tri-pod or a hard surface, its all about shutter speed, light and steadiness, sometimes I use a flash, sometimes not! just depends on the reflection of your subject! :wink:
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Montague also made a Maine.
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The "California Free Spool" was also made by Montague.
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This might be branching into a sub-category of a subdivision :roll: but I once had a Montague reel marked Lexington (which is the town in Massachusetts where Minutemen fired "the shot heard 'round the world" or the city in Kentucky, the town in Indiana, etc. etc., depending on where you're from.
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Found another State Reel

The Minnesota

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Note that this reel also has the Slide Loop for "level Wind". I guess Don would call this a Monty.

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Here's a California

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currently on the 'Bay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/California-Free ... 232e35f1e9
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Thanks Richard :bow: Mark is this the Monty you have seen? I think I will ask the seller for a picture at auction end! :roll:
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This seems to be an earlier model than the one I saw. It's been quite a few years, so I'm not completely certain.
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