Golden Oldies

[Marty.A]

Hey Guys

Finally got around to digging out my first ever fishing reel from my parents place . Dad got me this Diawa A-130RL when I was 12 in the mid 80's.
The reel after all these years still works fine but I have retired it for sentimental reasons.
I was wondering if anyone else has kept any fishing gear from years past and be able to share it on the forum.

Cheers
Marty.A

[purple5ive]

I Wish i had kept my old combo that my dad got me when we went fishing for the first time in australia (moved here in 2000)sadly the reel has been thrown out but i still have the rod, worst case of identity though cause my dads mate handed me some rods and reels and it had exactly the same rod in there (jarwis walker red bone) so now i dont know which ones mine.

i still have my first soft plastic rod that my cousin gave me as a present though but its only about 5 years old

[jedgpz]

My grandfather gave me a rod when i was about 6 or 7 (so about 100 years ago HA) I still use it in my boat for chasing Murray Cod on bait. That rod has caught more cod than any other rod I have.

[Mappo]

My first Rod and Reel was a Jarvis Walker Bonnie Doon Fibreglass Rod (yellow with blue bindings) and a Daiwa 1050 reel (plastic spool). Got this when I turned 7 years old - 1977! Caught plenty of Trout out of Dartmouth Dam with this combo in the late 70s.

[Buckle&scream]

these 2 reels were given to me awhile a go

[Buckle&scream]

I've had these two rods since I was 8years old that my parents bought me for Christmas, so they been with me for over 20 years.
The black queen is a bit out of shape now but almost unbreakable!

[Marty.A]

I've had these two rods since I was 8years old that my parents bought me for Christmas, so they been with me for over 20 years.
The black queen is a bit out of shape now but almost unbreakable!

I remember the Black Queens dad had a couple as well were a popular rod in their day, I heard you can still buy them???

[Brett]

That looks like a reproduction Black Queen. Not one of the old 60's/70's editions. Have you got a pic of the whole bottom section of rod?

[Tackleberry]

these 2 reels were given to me awhile a go

B&S those old sigma's are a grate reel i am still using 2 0f the 040 for bait fishing for bream

and here is the 1st good small reel i had it took me months to save all my penny's to get it

[DR.SPESH]

I still got my 1st rod(black queen) she's pretty f$cked now though. A mouse decided to chew on my cork and it's also missing 2 eyes and missing about a foot off the end of it.