Vintage & Antique Fishing Reels
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Vintage Eagle Claw 4060 Graphite Spinning Fishing Reel
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Vintage Penn No 85 Bakelite Bait Casting Reel - black wood Handle, Made in USA
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Vintage Johnson Fishing Reel Collection (4 Reels)
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Rare Vintage - JA Coxe / Bronson Michigan Model 420L fishing reel
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Vintage Ru-pacfic Reel - Made In France Marque Deposee With 2 Add Spools
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Vintage Shakespeare (U.S.A) 1837 Silent Tru-Art Automatic Fly Fishing Reel Boxed
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Vintage Milward (England) Flycraft 4" Fly Fishing Reel Trout Salmon Grayling
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Unusual Vintage #777 Aluminium Fly Fishing Reel 2 ⅞" Made In Japan, Boxed!
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Vintage J.W Young Pridex 3 ½ " Wide Drum Fly Reel. Trout Salmon Grayling Pike
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Abu Garcia Zebco Cardinal
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Plueger 2095 Gem fly reel
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VINTAGE ZEBCO OMEGA 154 TRIGGER UNDERSPIN REEL/TOUGH!
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Master Spectra 405 Real
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Vintage Shakespeare 1756 Spin-Wondereel Model DK
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NICE SHAKESPEARE FEATHER WEIGHT SKELETON FLY REEL...CA.1922
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RARE... TROUT & BASS MONTAGUE DURALUMIN "UNKNOWN MODEL" SKELETON FLY REEL...
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Vintage Fly Fishing Reels Antique
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Vintage Shakespeare 1756 Spin-Wondereel Model FB
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FISHING REEL Vintage Shakespeare Direct Drive No. 1926 Casting Reel Original Box
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Vintage Shakespeare 1755 Spin-Wondereel Model FF
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Vintage South Bend Oreno 1165 Model A Fly Reel
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Vintage Pflueger Akron No. 1894 Casting Reel Made In USA
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Vintage Sears Reel fishing ,japan no. 248.39800
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Able Super 3N 3/4wt Fly Reel w/ Org box and blank Card
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Vintage Shakespeare 1905 Deuce Model FK Casting Reel
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Vintage Pflueger Supreme 510 Free Spool Baitcasting Fishing Reel USA
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Vintage Berkeley Buccaneer With Daiwa B-400rl
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VTG Sears Model 535.39660 Fishing Reel w/ Leather Case - JC Higgins Shakespeare
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Zebco 33 1989 USA Rhino Tough Green Box Fishing Reel
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VTG South Bend 120 Fishing Reel
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Antique Vintage Pflueger Summit No. 1993L Fishing Reel Made in USA
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Vintage PFLUEGER Sal-Trout NO. 1554 Fly Fishing Reel Black with Aluminum
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VINTAGE LOT [2] ABU GARCIA CARDINAL 3 REELS
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VINTAG LOT [5] TINY 20 UTRALIGHT REELS / 2 SILSTAR / 3 PINNACLE
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VTG Shakespeare Level-Wind Push-Button WonderCast 1797 FB Fishing Reel
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Vintage PENN Long Beach No. 60 Fishing Reel With Green Bakelite Handle- See Pics
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Vintage Sweden ABU Garcia Ambassador 5000 Fishing Reels Penn Reel Lot Of 3
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VTG Shakespeare Level-Wind Push-Button WonderCast 1794 FB Fishing Reel
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Antique Pickerel Fly
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3 NICE VINTAGE !!! mitchell 320 fishing reels
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Vintage Garcia Mitchell 300 Spinning Fishing Reel / Made in France Good Conditio
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Johnson Century Fishing Reel Model 100
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Vintage Western Auto Supply Revelation V-1322 Fly Reel USA
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OCEAN CITY MODEL No. 920 Made In USA ,parts Or Repair,Still Functional
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VINTAGE HORROCKS IBBOTSON NATIONAL SPORTSMAN BAKELITE FLY FISHING REEL
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Vintage SHAKESPEARE DIRECT O DRIVE No. 1950 Model ED Fishing Reel Made in USA.EX
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Vintage Shakespeare Service 1944 Model FE Fishing Reel
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VINTAGE ABU AMBASSADEUR 6000 RED FISHING REEL L@@K
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Vintage Garcia Mitchell 302 Salt Water Spinning Fishing Reel France Works Great
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perrine automatic fly reel
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Interested in the history behind these vintage fishing reels? Check out the Fishing Reel History page of the Old Reel Collectors Association.
Extensive information on antique fishing reel collecting, including photos of old reels, historic articles on reel manufacturing, and a very informative Frequently Asked Questions section, can be found at the Antique Fishing Reels web site.
The primitive little wire basket reels that mount sideways on the rod have their own little world: Side-Mount Reels.
Learn the basic types of reels, reel parts, manufacturers, and models of vintage fishing reels at the Reel World.