diawa slt reels

fishlessman · Post by **fishlessman** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 1:48 pm

i bought this reel about 14 years ago with a rod attached. the rod was dated 1988 and was wondering if the reel was from the same year. also, did diawa make these or was someone else makeing them for diawa. all the older info on slt30's ive found was for graphite reels and the new ones that look like this are 2 speed

Reel Geezer · Post by **Reel Geezer** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 4:32 pm

fishlessman: that reel is listed as "NEW" in the 1985 Daiwa catalog, and it is shown for several more years. It looks the same as your reel, and is not a graphite reel. I would assume that they made it, since they were manufacturing reels in a big way at that time.

Dr. Rob · Post by **Dr. Rob** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 1:14 am

Yup, that's right. I have the patent doc for that reel here someplace. Let me know if you need the number for some reason.

Doc.

fishlessman · Post by **fishlessman** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 10:31 am

thanks for the info, i was interested to see if the rod i found it with was the same year of manufacture and i believe it is. ive been watching for it on ebay for a while and hadnt seen one. its part of my working collection thats fun to play with when the sharks move in off the coast of maine in the late summer.