Unmarked Raised Pillar Reel ID Attributes

[leland99]

I would like a positive maker ID on this unmarked Raised Pillar reel, and what attributes help with making that ID?
I found a similar reel in 1916 Pflueger catalog so based on the foot, handle and click switch, I am thinking its Pflueger...but what do I know?

I would ask others to add to this thread with photos and makers of unmarked raised pillar reels along with identifying features for all of us to learn from.

[john elder]

+1 for Pflueger, based on foot. Would be interesting to see the main gear to determine if it has the typical witness mark pointed out by Don Champion several years ago.

[klonder]

I'd say an unmarked Enterprise Manufacturing Co Portage Cascade by the foot, spring rivets and click button. Both Pflueger and Portage are EMC trade names. I think the handle is a replacement.
Here's a marked one:

[klonder]

Here's another, an oddball. No yardage marked.
I have yet to find another rp reel with the Peerless trademark.

[Steve]

Chapt. 16 of my book discusses some attributes usable for comparison, not for just RP reels. Sometime in the distant past, Phil White published a comparison of sheet metal reel feet.

[klonder]

https://web.archive.org/web/20161023222 ... ation1.htm

[Paul M]

My marked specimen for reference:

[Ron Mc]

Always had fun with the Portage on Stubcaster and slip-bobber when fishing with my (then) young daughters.