Thanks, all.
Midway Tommy D wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 3:21 pm
Nice, Paul! That Cardinal caught my eye immediately.
Yes, I thought it might. It's still essentially new. I was the reel repair guy at a tackle shop in the 80's. That is, I was the one interested in tearing reels apart to see what was wrong. In the back of the store, in a box on a shelf, was this Zebco Cardinal 4, in pieces, having been robbed of parts once upon a time. Store manager gave it to me (Good man he was, in many ways). I ordered a few parts, and extra spools, and I had a spanking new Cardinal 4. It's been fished since of course. But not a whole lot as I have reels I use more regularly. There's some "street cred"/crud on it, since I pulled it from my "working reel" case to photograph it:
I have a number of 80's spinning reels, that I consider modern reels, but they appear to have a following as I see they are generally holding some value: the ABU Garcia C3 (Japan), Sigma 030 and 035 (spanking new), and Quick 331 and 441. I had a 1202 but sold it a while back, it being such a heavy thing for its spool size. Hated moving it on, but I just never used it. Oh, and Daiwa's BG15, SS1300, SS1600 that are used pretty regularly.
Hey, while I have your attention, would you check the retrieve speed (in ipt) for the Shakespeare 2062 for me? I really like those worm drive reels. Thanks.