Unusual crack 300 cone spool?

[Lwmcknight]

I got this Crack 300 reel a few months back and can't find any info or anything similar to the spool it has. It's cone shaped and on the inside of the spool there are lines that indicates it was molded but I can't find any info on it. Not sure if it's a factory or custom upgrade. Any info would be greatly appreciated!

[Midway Tommy D]

I've never seen an OEM Luxor or Crack spool like that, but it resembles the shape and style of spools used in tournament casting competition, which also included a manual line pickup like the one on your reel.

My guess is that it was probably a special made spool for tournament competition. It looks to be plastic and doubt that a plastic spool on a large saltwater reel like the Crack 300 would fair very well via the rigorous abuse of surf fishing .

[kyreels]

My guess is that it was probably a special made spool for tournament competition. It looks to be plastic and doubt that a plastic spool on a large saltwater reel like the Crack 300 would fair very well via the rigorous abuse of surf fishing .

I agree with Tommy, this spool would be excellent for tournament surf casting. It may have been third-party, but it may have been a special version released by the factory directly to tournament casters, as ABU/Mitchell did with some of its reels. This short-lived Mitchell 498 Surf Special spinning distance reel had a similar spool. The tournament caster that owned it provided several other spare spools and said that Mitchell put it directly into the hands of leading casters of the day. In my experience, most of the custom spools were machined aluminum or magnesium. The factory did most of the plastic spools.

[livinus]

Hello
My name is Livinus, new member.
Those plastic tournament-style spools were made in my home town Antwerp (Belgium) by Jaak Breugelmans. Production started somewhere around 1970 I believe. The brand name was "BOBINYL" and he made spools for the big saltwater spinning reels of the day (Crack/luxor 300, Mitchell 498, Daiwa 7000...) Those spools were very popular in Belgium and Holland. Plastic yet very sturdy, and quite capable of taking the stress and abuse that comes with beach casting. I am not sure when production ended, but he must have made quite a number.
Greetings
Livinus

[Steve]

In a fit of curiosity, I googled "Bobinyl." Look what popped up! We should take refresher courses every 19 years or so. It would be nice to see a Reel Talk article on these spools so we can ID all the reel brands that used them, composition, production methods, design considerations...the whole shebang.

[Midway Tommy D]

In a fit of curiosity, I googled "Bobinyl." Look what popped up! We should take refresher courses every 19 years or so. It would be nice to see a Reel Talk article on these spools so we can ID all the reel brands that used them, composition, production methods, design considerations...the whole shebang.

Quite an interesting find, Steve! Too bad that photo image is obsolete. Snoek was a darn serious collector back in those days. I remember running across him on eBay regularly. He, and a lot of the other regular early spinning reel guys had vanished not long before I joined ORCA. Wish I had been around when they were active.

[kyreels]

Very interesting. Pretty sure my Mitchell 498 has the Bobinyl spool. I have others that are similar in construction. They are very sturdy, unlike some other tournament lightweight spools.