How many state name reels are there?
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How many state name reels are there?
I have 2, a reel named Minnesota and I just acquired a neat one named Kentucky (both made by Montague). I'm not talking about a Catalina or a Neptune. And I'm not talking about a Kentucky reel made by a Kentucky reelmaker. I'm talking states! Here's mine. What do you have?
- Richard
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Here's a photo of that Kentucky reel, uncleaned. Missing one screw in the front, but a really nice little reel.
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Here's a photo of that Kentucky reel, uncleaned. Missing one screw in the front, but a really nice little reel.
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Re: How many state name reels are there?
Nice score, Richard... several of us were tracking that one... glad it stayed in the fam!
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Re: How many state name reels are there?
I love to get old reels, work on them until they run as smooth as silk and the take them fishing using pre-1960 plugs, mostly surface fishing for Largemouths after dark.
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Re: How many state name reels are there?
Very cool, Bill and Bill! California and Wyoming heard from. So that's California, Kentucky, Minnesota and Wyoming. Only 46 state name reels to go!
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Re: How many state name reels are there?
Montague made the following in freshwater: Kentucky #1 & #3 - Maine - Michigan (2 styles) - Minnesota (2 styles) - The Minnesota - Wisconsin - Wyoming. Shakespeare made the following: Michigan (2 styles) and the Wyoming in freshwater reels.
Now if you get into city names -----
Now if you get into city names -----
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If you have any of those, show us some photos, Don. Once we get all the states and US territories covered (Guam? Just kidding) we'll hit the city-named reels.
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Re: How many state name reels are there?
Richard,
Sorry to be tardy, just saw your question. There are 271 US Trademarks for fishing reels in the USTRADES database (1870-1960) and only one has a state name, although there are actually two TMs.
Alan
P.S. There are 12 TMs for reels with the names of cities, so let me know when you want to start!!
Sorry to be tardy, just saw your question. There are 271 US Trademarks for fishing reels in the USTRADES database (1870-1960) and only one has a state name, although there are actually two TMs.
Alan
P.S. There are 12 TMs for reels with the names of cities, so let me know when you want to start!!
Re: How many state name reels are there?
Montague made:
Wisconsin
80 yd., nickel plated brass, one control button on the front plate and one on the back plate, 2 oil caps, pillared foot 2 jeweled oil caps
Wyoming
60 yd., nickel plated brass, 2 jeweled oil caps, click & drag on back plate, pillared foot
Wisconsin
80 yd., nickel plated brass, one control button on the front plate and one on the back plate, 2 oil caps, pillared foot 2 jeweled oil caps
Wyoming
60 yd., nickel plated brass, 2 jeweled oil caps, click & drag on back plate, pillared foot
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Re: How many state name reels are there?
If you visit ORCA's Bronson website, you'll see that Bronson produced at least four different State reels from it's "United States" series. The Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Pennsylvania models.
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Yes, yes, all well and good. I know I can FIND state names for reels. But I want to SEE those reels, just to enjoy the unusual variety of reels out there. And this was a way, I hoped, to goose some of youse guys to post photos of your reels.
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Aloha
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Got a spare reel stamped "Pflueger" or a Montague Imperial?
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Got a spare reel stamped "Pflueger" or a Montague Imperial?
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Re: How many state name reels are there?
Nice Brian! I'm glad to see you have the reel. I've been wondering for years how to get you my reel! I had just too much into it. Tight Lines Nick in NYl
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Hi Nick. Thanks! But this is not the same reel you had as I got from a guy in San Francisco several years ago.
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Got a spare reel stamped "Pflueger" or a Montague Imperial?
"Caution, objects in reel view mirror are older than they appear."
Brian F.
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Got a spare reel stamped "Pflueger" or a Montague Imperial?
"Caution, objects in reel view mirror are older than they appear."
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Re: How many state name reels are there?
Beautiful piece there Brian!
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Brian F.
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Got a spare reel stamped "Pflueger" or a Montague Imperial?
"Caution, objects in reel view mirror are older than they appear."
Brian F.
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Got a spare reel stamped "Pflueger" or a Montague Imperial?
"Caution, objects in reel view mirror are older than they appear."
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Re: How many state name reels are there?
That is really a great looking reel, Brian! I'll count that one in the state-name mix!
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Re: How many state name reels are there?
Nikon not working well and I'm working less well! Years ago I shared pictures with Robert Ellis of US Illinois, US Indiana and US Ohio. Maybe tomorrow in the sunlight I can try again. Ohio wouldn't show up at all.
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Tried again this am. If I had a dollar for every time I sent Robt. Ellis pictures and he came back and said could you do that again and try for a better picture, I'd be rich! Still not great but maybe readable? You can see flakes of Indiana snow!
Cast your cares upon the Lord. Psalm 55:22
Then He said to them, "follow Me and I will Make you fishers of men". Matthew 4:19
Then He said to them, "follow Me and I will Make you fishers of men". Matthew 4:19
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Re: How many state name reels are there?
Here is a 2013 topic on this subject, different pictures, don't see anything missing.
http://reeltalk.orcaonline.org/viewtopi ... =1&t=14319
http://reeltalk.orcaonline.org/viewtopi ... =1&t=14319
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Collector of Casting Weights, KY Reels and KY Tackle