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Conference wahoo::fishing-v2

Title:	Fishing-V2: All About Angling
Notice:	Time to go fishin'! dayegins
Moderator:	WAHOO::LEVESQUE

Created:	Fri Jul 19 1991
Last Modified:	Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	548
Total number of notes:	9621

342.0. "Help needed Identifying old Fishing Equipment" by ECADSR::BIRO () Mon Jan 31 1994 07:33

    While cleaning out the attic I fold an old casting rod and reel.
    I would like some help in identiifying the time period these were
    made in.
    
    The rod is of unusual construction, it is a metal rod!.  I forgot
    but it either has 3 or 4 sides and is quite flexable, it is about
    5 ft long. Sorry I forgot to write down the markings but I think it
    said somthing like SpeedCast.
    
    The reel is mayd by pflueger, it is all metal, with a design 
    engrave on the end plates, simular to pin striping now use
    on trucks and motor homes.  The model number was 1993* where
    * is a letter that I forgot.
    
    Does any one have any idea of the time period these were made in?
    I think they were my father-in-laws so I would say they might have
    been in the 1950's or so.
    
    thanks john

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
342.1	more	ECADSR::BIRO		`Mon Jan 31 1994 07:38`	11
	Fogot, this might help The line was a white braded line simular to what I use to use in the 50's as a kid. And the rod has comfortabe cork handles that are in excellent conditions. They are shinny so they might have be varnished. thanks again john
342.2	WoW	CONSLT::MMURPHY		`Mon Jan 31 1994 09:38`	4
	sounds like a mid 1940's vintage. Kiv
342.3		ECADSR::BIRO		`Mon Jan 31 1994 12:29`	9
	I was thinking it could be but with the war I would think metal would be rationed so I had guessed from the mid 40's to the early 50's I am going to clean it up this spirng and I will look for pattern numbers etc. thanks jb
342.4		GNPIKE::HANNAN	Beyond description...	`Mon Jan 31 1994 13:25`	5
	The weekly rag, "The Fisherman", has a mail column that is filled with questions similar to yours every week, so you could check that for info on your reel or to get a reference to a place to call. /Ken
342.5	Was quite the reel, then.	MPGS::MASSICOTTE		`Thu Feb 03 1994 09:51`	11
	The reel sounds like the "supreme" model, which back then was the Rolls Royce of bait casting reels. Hex or octagon casting rods made of steel were popular. My Dad had a couple and a few other "ole timers" we fished with had them also. It could be one of many mfgs. About the most popular bait casting reel around 1950 was the LANGLEY. Sold for $5.95. Fred
342.6		NUBOAT::HEBERT	Captain Bligh	`Fri Feb 04 1994 11:20`	5
	I still have the Ocean City that I got in 1949. My friend bought an old cottage on a lake, and in it found a steel rod with a pistol grip and integrated reel. The rod had no guides - the steel tube is hollow, and the line runs up the inside of the rod. Interesting.