Most over and under rated spinning reels? (Page 2): Glad you have his stuff AND you missed those wars. :sm24:...

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

Bcmech1 wrote:

Sorry to hear you lost your dad's stuff. I guess I was lucky as far as getting drafted. I was too young for Nam and too old for the Persian Gulf.

Glad you have his stuff AND you missed those wars.

MNMudminnow Loc: MN (MSP metro/Alexandria) & FL (Ft.Myers)

I am as far from a violent person as one can be but if I was ever to find out who stole my tackle from my garage back in the mid nineties...they had better have their affairs in order.
That is the one thing that would find me mad enough to kill.

JackM Loc: North East Florida

MNMudminnow wrote:

I am as far from a violent person as one can be but if I was ever to find out who stole my tackle from my garage back in the mid nineties...they had better have their affairs in order.
That is the one thing that would find me mad enough to kill.

That is like stealing a man's horse in the 1800s.

Robert J Samples Loc: Round Rock, Texas

Well, if you were a fisherman during WW II, you would be super happy to have any kind of tackle, because you sure could not find any to buy! The war effort took all the tackle off the market. If it wasn't used for supplying life rafts for downed navy pilots, the manufacturer was building something else.

We had a hard time finding anything even from older neighbors who no longer fished. Just Sayin...RJS

Fg Loc: NE OHIO

Love my old shimano speed masters

azmntman2003 Loc: Port orange

I have bought deep sea reels and spinning reels over the years. I am still using reels that I bought 15 yrs ago that were cheap back then and still going strong. Use them in both waters.
The key is washing them after salt use and keeping them greased properly and taken care of. They are mechanical tools nothing more. Treat them right and they should last.

MNMudminnow Loc: MN (MSP metro/Alexandria) & FL (Ft.Myers)

azmntman2003 wrote:

I have bought deep sea reels and spinning reels over the years. I am still using reels that I bought 15 yrs ago that were cheap back then and still going strong. Use them in both waters.
The key is washing them after salt use and keeping them greased properly and taken care of. They are mechanical tools nothing more. Treat them right and they should last.

Not that many people around nowadays that are willing to even bother an attempt at fixing something, anything.
That is a very sad state of affairs if you ask me.

nutz4fish Loc: Colchester, CT

MNMudminnow wrote:

Not that many people around nowadays that are willing to even bother an attempt at fixing something, anything.
That is a very sad state of affairs if you ask me.

Well MNM, there's a great independent Bait shop in the next town over from me. I'm there sometimes to see him trying to salvage a piece of fishing gear that someone has trashed, lost parts, or just failed to take the time and effort to maintain.
It's Franks Live Bait and Tackle, Marlborough CT. 860-295-9659. Got just about everything you need, especially in terms of LIVE bait, eels, shiners, worms, mealies, crawfish, plus frozen bait like crabs, chunks, etc. And he's a great guy.
He does charter trips too, for Stripers. I strongly recommend if you are in the area, that ya stop in and see what one of the remaining shops of this kind is really like. 🥜.

MNMudminnow Loc: MN (MSP metro/Alexandria) & FL (Ft.Myers)

Yes, it is also true that places of that sort are becoming increasingly rare to come across, to the detriment of us all.

charlykilo Loc: Garden Valley Ca

Pretty simple. Look at fixing cost VS Walmart. Can't even break even. Over seas market VS domestic labor.
Pogo nailed it.

nutz4fish Loc: Colchester, CT

MNMudminnow wrote:

Yes, it is also true that places of that sort are becoming increasingly rare to come across, to the detriment of us all.

Yeah, there are market forces / competition in play now that make it really tough for them to compete, with the possible exceptions of in coastal locations. Bass PRO, Cabelas, Walmart, and Amazon are killing'em.
Now, Temu is getting after them too, with really inexpensive stuff, and I gotta admit I've tried some of their stuff with mixed results. Just got a bunch of stuff from Temu to make up raffle prize boxes for our Kids Fishing Derby we got coming up soon, and it's all things that I've field tested as OK. I just don't have the same $$'s to spend on this stuff that I did when I was actively employed. ( Raffle tickets ate priced at $1.00, so as you might suspect, it's a huge loss, but the kids love it. ).

MNMudminnow Loc: MN (MSP metro/Alexandria) & FL (Ft.Myers)

I was thinking more along the lines of the disappearance of the local knowledge & wisdom those places typically hold.
None of those big cargo ships contain anything that can replace or take the place of that kind of local treasure.

nutz4fish Loc: Colchester, CT

MNMudminnow wrote:

I was thinking more along the lines of the disappearance of the local knowledge & wisdom those places typically hold.
None of those big cargo ships contain anything that can replace or take the place of that kind of local treasure.

You got that right !

JackM Loc: North East Florida

To change the subject every so slightly but still on our manufacturing. We won WWII because we built 10 planes, tanks, or ships for every Zero, Focke-Wulf FW 190, Panzer Tank, or battleship the Axis built. I question if we could do that again.

UncleRob Loc: NE Maryland

MNMudminnow wrote:

Not that many people around nowadays that are willing to even bother an attempt at fixing something, anything.
That is a very sad state of affairs if you ask me.

I fix and do maintenance on rods and reels and I'm busier than a 1 armed paper hanger in a gale to the point that I'm not taking any new repairs till winter time. I have ads on Craigslist and FB marketplace and I couldn't tell you how many people will just hand over a decent reel that just needs some small part replaced just to buy a new one. We live in a disposable society, sad but true.