I wouldn't call mine a collection, but rather just hanging on to reels rather than upgrading to new ones.  I have 14  Daiwa baitcasters, including my first low profile one to the two Fuegos I purchased earlier this season. Every one of them still gets used along with a couple of Abu Garcia Ambassaduers I use for musky fishing.  I have sold some duplicates over the years for money for other reels, but similar to the outrageous number of rods I own, I just can't seem to part with them.

Are you like me, or do you actually collect reels?

15 minutes ago, papajoe222 said:

similar to the outrageous number of rods I own, I just can't seem to part with them.

Are you like me

Yes, and I have too many. Just bought a new BB1 pro the other day just 'cause I had to. It, and if I find it special in some way, will get used like the rest of them when I'm in the mood for a change. I like switching things up, and I've rationalized that doing so will extend the lifespan of my entire collection even though I know this is bure BS. Well, at least I'm not smoking cra*ck. Also, I like finding out where the sweet spot is in any reel then exploiting that strength to my advantage. Reels are interesting.

Yes, I am the same way. I don't know if I "Collect" them, but I guess that sounds better than I just have WAY too many dang reels.

 

I think I am somewhere around 40 casting setups, plus another 10 or so casting reels on the work bench upstairs. 

 

I kind of got into a kick of buying old Daiwa TDZ and TDX RH and LH reels, plus some old Shimano Calcutta, Scorpion, Metanium MG and Curados.

 

I need to sell some off, starting with a SLX DC and Curado DC, plus some others, but just haven't gotten around to it! 😁.

Over the years mine has grown into a collection. Some old some new.

Maybe, I'm weird but sometimes I just like to pull them out and tinker with them.

Hi, my name is Yang and I am a tackleholic. Especially baitcasting reels. I used to have so many reels that one day I just realized, even if I put a different reel into the rotation for every fishing day, I still wouldn't be able to use all my reels at least once in one year. Some of the reels would probably never see their turns. 

 

So I started selling them. Now I have about 30 baitcasters and 5 spinning reels, and I hope to cut them down by half next year. Fingers crossed.

 

 

 

I plead the fifth. Here's a pic from years ago of some of my mine.

 

Now that’s a collection bulldog.

There’s nothing collectible about mine. As I continue to slowly upgrade reels, my older cheaper reels just get put to the side. I’m slowly upgrading rods as well, so as I do that I’ll pass a rod reel combo to my son. 

52 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

There’s nothing collectible about mine. As I continue to slowly upgrade reels, my older cheaper reels just get put to the side. I’m slowly upgrading rods as well, so as I do that I’ll pass a rod reel combo to my son. 

 

Same here. Not much worth collecting. New stuff replaces old, old gets donated to HS bass clubs. Its nice to see the stuff get new life. A while back some boys were fighting over a pink President reel with a carbon drag.

Other than one of my dads early 80s Shimano Bantam 10xg baitcasters and some B series Curados that I started on, none of my reels are collectibles to me. I keep one baitcaster and one spinning setup dedicated to bank fishing and kayak fishing. In my boat I keep 6-8 setups usually with some spares. I wouldn’t mind scaling it down some yet.

I've got old Mitchell's and older round ABUs I've hung on to for years. I don't think they have a lot of collectible value. I'll pass them along to my grandson someday.

2 hours ago, bulldog1935 said:

See, now don't do that to me Bulldog!! Cool Stuff. I don't know what that springy rod is in the first pic, but that's cool as heck!!!

I've got three reels that sit on a shelf in the 'man cave'. All are old - purchased in the 70s and early 80s.

Pflueger 640

Cardinal 562

Ambassadeur 500R

 

All served me well until I started upgrading in 2015

3 hours ago, FrnkNsteen said:

See, now don't do that to me Bulldog!! Cool Stuff. I don't know what that springy rod is in the first pic, but that's cool as heck!!!

Hi friend, that's a StubCaster - works pretty well, especially with that little Portage NLW, green-spot soft braid, and a slip bobber.  Used to fish that when I took my daughters and their friends to the creek.  

 

That's a cool ad, definitely before my time. 

I don't collect anything.  I almost started a vintage lantern collection, but I came to my senses after I bought two.  

 

I prefer my life streamlined.  I don't want a bunch of anything in my home.  not me, no not for me.  streamline.  

I don’t collect. I acquire.  Anything I have is open to be sold. 👍

I'm with ya @papajoe222. I don't see a need to sell them for a fraction of what I paid for them. They ain't eating anything, and sometimes they get brought out of retirement.

I sold nearly/all the reels purchased new over the 70 years of fishing, mostly to BR members via Flea Market forum.

My salt water rods and reels I sold locally to a BR member.

Reels dated from 1947 Langley Target and Lure Cast casting reels, dozens of Shimano, Daiwa, Abu Garcia, Royobi, Penn, Shakespeare, Newell, Zebo, etc. Tackle Collection was something planned to hand down to my late son.

Hope the BR members are enjoying my tackle.

Tom

3 hours ago, bulldog1935 said:

Hi friend, that's a StubCaster - works pretty well, especially with that little Portage NLW, green-spot soft braid, and a slip bobber.  Used to fish that when I took my daughters and their friends to the creek.  

 

Never seen one of them! I like that kind of stuff. Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

@FrnkNsteen - took me awhile to remember the initials of the inventor of the Stubcaster - EMM.  

The grandson picked them up again, and then sold the company.  

https://emmrod.com/

 

@A kid from Canada - in the '60s, ads like that in Popular Mechanics likely sold as much fishing tackle as Herters catalog.  The first paddle-tail lures were imported and only sold from ads in Popular Mechanics.  

Into the '70s, Cabelas catalog only sold lure-making and rod-building supplies, and was the sole importer for DAM Quick reels.  

I have some spinning and spincast reels from the 60s and 70s.  All of my baitcasters are from the early 90s or 2000s.

@Bankbeater - you might like visiting FFR forum Another Spin page

You'll find interest in old glass rods, out of production reels, and trip reports where folks take their old tackle fishing.  Also a good archive to search old tackle.  

 

Yes...so so very much so.  😪