Still reels

[Damion Kidd]

Anyone ever heard of still reels of Toledo Ohio?I was at my brother in laws today and we were in his garage. His father in law had given him a bunch of old rod and reels. There were a couple of those. They were on telescopic hollow rods. They don’t have eyelets,the line goes through the hollow rod. He gave me one on a 10 ft pole. Just wondered if they are any good and worth cleaning up and trying.


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[Mmirg]

Never heard of them. But it's say it's for sure worth a try.

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[Damion Kidd]

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[BobC]

Nice find! See if they will clean up and give it a try!
Bob

[Ketchn]

Seen something like it before , might have been that one .
I have a no eyelet Rod that the line runs thru it’s core in my garage.
If you lose the line threader it’s a you know what to get it threaded .

[Damion Kidd]

Seen something like it before , might have been that one .
I have a no eyelet Rod that the line runs thru it’s core in my garage.
If you lose the line threader it’s a you know what to get it threaded .

I was wondering about that. May fool with it some tonight.


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[Retired2Fish]

I have used them before mainly for fishing with bobber/minnows. My father had several of them back in the day. Have not seen them for awhile now. I remember that threading the line through the pole was a pain especially if you lose the threading wire that came with the reels. Good .

[Lund03]

First post , great site , when I lived in Wisconsin I had several ice fishing rods that looked exactly like that but much shorter , and you are right lose the threading wire and no fishing . It seemed like there was a lot of drag on the line because of it being on the inside of the rod

[deathb4disco]

BnM has been selling pretty much the same thing for years.

The Cadillac Combo - B'n'M Pole Company

Fish-Pole Reel Combo - B'n'M Pole Company

[Clint]

If you are at home they are easy thread. Pull enough mono out to go through the whole rod and start it in the hole above the reel. Start your vacuum cleaner and suck the end out of the tip. They are not meant to be cast, just like a cane pole.