Old Reel

[Tito Degiosio]

I got this Old reel and rod from a neighbor as a christmas gift to hang on the wall

anyone ever seen anything like it before it's made of steel and made in the USA thats all it says

pretty interesting reel and rod

I gonna catch a Trout on it just to Say I did haha

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Hey. Nice reel. Clean it up a little and see what it says on it.

Might be a little Bulldog Pflueger 60 nickle worth $100!

Or first - catch a fish on it and then clean it up.

:-) Brian

[Al Agnew]

It's like an old Keist reel (don't know for sure that's the right spelling). I've got one pretty similar on an old steel baitcasting rod as well. Mine has an emblem on the reel seat that is hard to read but is something like Goite or Golte or Coite. But mine mounts on the side of the rod instead of above it as yours does, which is the classic Keist design. It looks like a wagon wheel, and has no gears...the diameter of the reel gives it a reasonably fast retrieve speed instead of a gearing system.

I knew old timers that used them up until at least the 1980s. It would cast a big crankbait pretty well, and the slow retrieve and sheer power made crankbait fishing pretty sweet, actually. I've played around with mine and found it to be a little awkward at first, but it got to be pretty comfortable to cast after a bit, and that spinning wheel and whirring sound as the lure flew out was cool.