Looking for some info on a neat but strange looking1950s reel
California Fishing
Jan 24, 2023 16:29:33 #
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Jan 24, 2023 17:07:56 #
I was in 64. Nothing I saved it from going to the landfill. Someone was moving and they were just going to toss it out. That's nuts
Jan 24, 2023 22:33:44 #
Jim Kay
Loc: Franklin, Virginia
4tfive7t wrote:
Hey Guys I've just come across this neat but stran... (show quote)
I have never seen that one before.
Jan 25, 2023 12:20:17 #
4tfive7t wrote:
Hey Guys I've just come across this neat but stran... (show quote)
https://reeltalk.orcaonline.org/viewtopic.php?t=8164
Jan 25, 2023 18:46:44 #
Jan 26, 2023 06:18:47 #
Hey Jimi1969 Thanks for the help with the search for info on this Spinn-X reel. This was one of the 1st things I found on it. That salesman sampler case is pretty cool. Guess there just really isn't a whole lot of info on this reel or the company that made it out there.
Jan 26, 2023 06:24:30 #
Jan 26, 2023 07:52:08 #
4tfive7t wrote:
Thanks for the help looking
Sure, really not much info out there except the guys all worked together and tried doing their own thing for a while. I just shared because I thought the story was ‘reel’ cool! Good find!
Jan 26, 2023 14:56:04 #
It was and thanks for it and taking the time to look. Here's what I was able to find once I found out that Spinn-X was a trade name. This is about all I could find on the company that made it. HUMPAL, The Humpal Reel Co. was another in a long line of “Colorado”-style (sidewinder-spinning) reel manufacturers that produced reels after WWII. Located in Boulder, they introduced their first Humpal stainless steel reels in 1952, a Model 33 and a Model 66. The Model 33 was a direct-drive version and the Model 66 a geared drive reel with a finger brake. They also produced a “trade” reel for the Weber Lifelike Fly Co. of Wisconsin called the “Spinn-X”. It was basically the same as the Humpal reel, except chrome-plated. Like virtually all other Colorado-style reel makers, with the exception of the Wright & McGill Co., they were gone by the mid 1950’s. Research by Mark Williams.
Jan 26, 2023 16:20:53 #
Hi everyone I think I
was able to figure out how the functions on this reel work. And how to use it. It's kind of like a spincast reel with out the button you push to raise the pickup bell to cast. The retrieve pretty much the same with the little bar that grabs the line. The difference with this reel is the pickup bell is stationary and doesn't move up and down. So to cast you turn the handle back about 1/4 turn and the little pickup bar collapses back into the pickup bell. And I think for casting it on pic 3 the spoon looking thing is where the line come out at. And that's where your thumb goes to hold the line until your ready to cast.
was able to figure out how the functions on this reel work. And how to use it. It's kind of like a spincast reel with out the button you push to raise the pickup bell to cast. The retrieve pretty much the same with the little bar that grabs the line. The difference with this reel is the pickup bell is stationary and doesn't move up and down. So to cast you turn the handle back about 1/4 turn and the little pickup bar collapses back into the pickup bell. And I think for casting it on pic 3 the spoon looking thing is where the line come out at. And that's where your thumb goes to hold the line until your ready to cast.
Jan 30, 2023 17:33:05 #
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