I'm basically a refugee from the Fishing Talks forum that shut down when the company running it and about 60 other forums shut down. Really, I'm just a near 70 angler more than a real (pun?) collector -- mostly I do spincast bank fishing, but I fairly often use a few baitcasters and an occasional spinning reel too. I prefer to use older and non-Chinese reels when practical. My "collection" is probably under 50 reels, maybe 3 dozen or so are in good working condition or are not problematic in some way. I have more Johnson reels than anything else, with Zebco coming in 2nd. Abu and Daiwa might be tied for 3rd.
I live in the mid-South USA, mostly fishing in Southern IL and Western KY, which despite some excellent fishing here, and many a nifty "off the beaten path" spot, do not get much visibility outside of KY Lake and Lake Barkley.
Several of my reels I'd like to get back into use, so I may be asking questions about them when I get a bit of time. However, given the option of a nice evening and the choice of getting out and wetting a line, or working on a reel with a problem... The former takes precedence!
