Who can relate??

[Rebel SS]

Dad's 33 is mounted on an old GEP steel rod. Mom bought the rod for him as a surprise birthday present. My oldest brother told Dad when he grew up, he wanted a rod just like the one Mom was getting him for his birthday. Surprise! 

         

[mike89]

Dad's 33 is mounted on an old GEP steel rod. Mom bought the rod for him as a surprise birthday present. My oldest brother told Dad when he grew up, he wanted a rod just like the one Mom was getting him for his birthday. Surprise! 

 

[Steve-o]

Everyone in my family uses open face spin cast except my mom.  I taught my kids to retrieve left-handed from the very beginning.

I was always told to keep an old Johnson closed face ready with fresh line in case my mom ever wanted to go out again.

She is still around, but her fishing days are probably past.  But I still keep that reel ready - just in case.

[Rebel SS]

Yer talking "spinning" reel, right Steve? No, I 'm not picking at ya....there's spinning, spincasts, and baitcasters....also with the "schooley" type called everything from open spinning to spool spinning to open reel to inline reel, some guys are even tagging them "Black Betty's" after the fish13 hot reel four of five years ago. I have one, and it;s just a high end standard Schooley, IMO. Great for short jigging.

Spincast...
https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/spincast-reels#facet:&productBeginIndex:0&facetLimit:&orderBy:&pageView:grid&minPrice:&maxPrice:&pageSize:&

Spinning:
https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/spinning-reels#facet:&productBeginIndex:0&facetLimit:&orderBy:&pageView:grid&minPrice:&maxPrice:&pageSize:&


Schooley/open/ spinreel/ inline/whatever/

https://www.scheels.com/p/13-fishing-black-betty-ice-reel/81906501384.html

[Steve-o]

I stand corrected.  Ma used a spincast; everyone else used spinning...

[Rebel SS]

Ah! The good ol' Mitchell 300 spinning staple! Tank of the spinning reels.   
Who didn't grow up using those? Spinning reels are all I've ever really used. My buddy can't use one without a tangles mono ball every time...how in the he** he manages that, I have NO clue. That's why he uses bait casters...and he can cast and put it down on a dime. Never seen a backlash on his when doing that. Now me with one of those.....looks like  the main ingredient for "birds nest" soup...

[mike89]

Everyone in my family uses open face spin cast except my mom.  I taught my kids to retrieve left-handed from the very beginning.

I was always told to keep an old Johnson closed face ready with fresh line in case my mom ever wanted to go out again.

She is still around, but her fishing days are probably past.  But I still keep that reel ready - just in case.