Old Reels

Tiderunner · Post by **Tiderunner** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 6:03 pm

A friend of mine recently gave me three old reels. One reel is a 7" wooden reel with a faint horseshoe embossed on the reel. I'm guessing that it is close to 100 years old. The other two reels are a RU Pacific made in france and the other is a Langley Spinator 870. If anyone can provide me some info about these reels it would be appreciated. Here is the link to the photos:
http://www.stripersonline.com/ubb547/ul ... .html[url]

Alan Baracco · Post by **Alan Baracco** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 8:03 pm

The Langley Model 870 Spinator was produced between 1955 and 1962. It is a saltwater spinning reel, is pretty common, and usually sells in the $20-30 range in good condition. Langley Corp. was based in San Diego, CA. Cheers, Alan

Tiderunner · Post by **Tiderunner** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 6:15 pm

Alan

Thanks for the quick response

Steve

Steve K · Post by **Steve K** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 7:10 pm

The old wooden reel with the Horseshoe is a Meisselbach Good Luck trolling reel. You are correct..The reel is probably between 85 and 107 years old. For mor information on that reel, I strongly recommend Phil Whites book on Meisselbach and Meisselbach-Catucci Fishing Reels.
Good Luck.
Steve K.