Sis scored this for reasonable in a thrift shop, with a bit of tackle.
I didn't have much hope for it at first~ it was binding up badly on retrieve.
I got it home and got all the dried out lithium grease, WD-40 and sand out of it.
Re-lubed with silicone grease and silicone oil.
It now runs like a smooth spinning top.
No plastics or synthetics inside this. It's all aluminum, stainless steel and brass on the inside, except for a vulcanized rubberized canvas backing plate for the drag, and a bakelite drag knob and retrieve handle.
A floofle search turned up date of manufacture to '69-'70.
I'll be trying this at this spring's open water. Hopefully it's going to hold up for a while.
There was a bit of tackle included with it:
These home-made wet flies...
...and a fairly good clone of a decent walleye spoon. Included were the old timey leader and snap swivel and 20-30 of these bait-holder worm hooks.
I'm going to try drifting those wet flies on the current at Hazel creek with my light walleye out fit. The pike in there have been known to snap at the occasional May Fly.
Regards,
Doc Sharptail
