Goodall Fly Fishing Reel; 1953 or earlier?

tomjeka · Post by **tomjeka** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 11:01 pm

I just picked up a R.A. Goodall fly fishing reel. It was made and sold by the GOOD-ALL ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO., from Ogallala, Nebraska. As far as I can tell it is at least 52 years old since R.A. Goodall passed away in 1953. Do you know of this reel? it is a fly fishing reel that has the hole in the middle of the side cover where the line would come out. Any feedback would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Tom

Ron Mc · Post by **Ron Mc** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 7:31 am

There were many manufacturers of similar side-cast reels in the 40s and 50s. Johnson 80A, Magic, McGill Fre-line. In the Pacific northwest, they made big salmon-sized variants.
It's actually intended to throw monofilament with a flyrod - so you can spin-fish with a flyrod.

clinton_beeler · Post by **clinton_beeler** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 10:38 am

I've got 2 of them. Nice reels. No idea when they were made. Both are different. I've always wondered about them myself. Wasn't there a thread about these a while back?

Regards,
Clinton

reelland · Post by **reelland** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 4:46 pm

It was based on the design of another Ogallala Neb man, LeMoyne J. Uerling, who applied for a patent Aug, 5, 1949, which was granted March 10, 1953. That patent number (#2,693,979) did not appear on Good-Alls, but did appear later on Fre-lines and Wright & McGill, similar reels made in Boulder Colo.

The Good-All came in sveral models and was in production from about 1950 to the mid 50s and sold from about $10 to $28 for the rod/reel combination model according to Gary Carbaugh & Dick Spurr's book, "Colorado Reels And Old Fishing tackle".

Hope this helps a little. Bill L.

Reel Geezer · Post by **Reel Geezer** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 4:47 pm

According to ORCA members Gary Carbaugh and Dick Spurr (now deceased) in their book COLORADO REELS Goodall Reels were introduced in early 1950 and were gone "barely past the mid-50s". They included the Goodall since it functions under the same patents as, and is similar to, the Freline.

Sorry about duplicating Bill's information. We were writing at the same time

Jim Schottenham · Post by **Jim Schottenham** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:10 pm

I don't have any paperwork for the Good-all, but I do have it for the fre-line. This was a real versatile reel! Casting, spinning, fly...it did it all!

And Clinton, you were correct, there was another thread about this type of reel, but it got off on the wrong foot and ended up not talking about the reel.
Hope this helps Tom!
Jim S

Steve · Post by **Steve** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:41 pm

Goodall had his own patent, #2,706,095, for which he applied on 7/5/1949.

Bill, you may have a typo for Uerling's patent. That number is for a "magnetic device."

Let's not forget that Good-All also made a cute, gold-colored pushbutton CFSR. Let's also not forget that a side-casting CFSR was patented in 1875.

Reelman · Post by **Reelman** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 6:37 pm

I can only find the Good-all rod reel combo. The others are buried. But I have a salesman's case of SPINN-X reels that are close match.

Merv
www.reelman.net

tomjeka · Post by **tomjeka** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 11:55 pm

Thanks to everyone for all of the great information, I love this site!
If everyone was as helpful as the fisherman on this site the world would be a better place.

Jim S. - that Freeline comes pretty close, thanks for the photos.

Reelman - that's a beautiful collection of Spinn-X rod & reels combos, thanks for the photos.

I have some old spinning reels and baitcasters that I will have to take some photos of when I get a chance in the near future. and put on this site. Probably after I get back from my Muskie trip to Lake Saint Claire in the beginning of August. I have some half bail Bache Brown Spinster & Mastereel spinning reels, they are made by the Airex Corporation; i've always liked the look of them. I also have an old Trimline Trim-spin that have gears that feel like they are made for a tank. In addition, I have another reel which I will need to get a photo on here; that was made in the US and I've never seen anything like it. It's very small and has some sort of flat bail(which is in the shape of a fin) that swings out to the side to catch the line when retrieving. It was in mint condition until I tried to clean the plastic surface when I was a kid with acetone, what a knucklehead. But the reel is still like new, I'll get a picture on here. There's no model #, serial # or name on it, I think it may have been an ocean fishing reel, but it's really small for that.

By the way, I picked up that Goodall reel for $3.00 dollars in an antique shop in Michigan, not bad huh! It's in good condition too, it works.

Goodall Fly Fishing Reel; 1953 or earlier?

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